Reach

Reach Reach, n. 1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot. [1913 Webster]

2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. [1913 Webster]

Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]

Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. [1913 Webster]

And on the left hand, hell, With long reach, interposed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land. ``The river's wooded reach.'' --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

5. An artifice to obtain an advantage. [1913 Webster]

The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:

Extend, stretch, stretch forth, hold forth, Reaching, extension / Touch in extent, extend to, Power to reach / Strike, hit, Capacity, capability, grasp, power of attainment / Arrive at, come to, get to, get at, make way to, Penetration, depth of thought / Get, obtain, attain to, gain, be advanced to, Extend, be extended, Extent, extension, stretch, range, compass, distance, space, span, spread, expanse / Application, influence, result / Stratagem, ruse, fetch, artifice, scheme, contrivance

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reach — [rēch] vt. [ME rechen < OE ræcan, akin to Ger reichen < IE * rēiĝ , to stretch out, extend the hand, akin to base * reĝ , straight, stretch, direct > RIGHT] 1. to thrust out or extend (the hand, etc.) 2. to extend to, or touch, by… … English World dictionary
Reach — Reach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached} (r[=e]cht) ({Raught}, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. r[=i]ce… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Reach — Reach, v. i. 1. To stretch out the hand. [1913 Webster] Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To strain after something; to make efforts. [1913 Webster] Reaching above our nature does no good. Dryden. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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reach — vb Reach, gain, compass, achieve, attain can mean to arrive at a point by effort or work. Reach is the most general term, being capable of reference to whatever can be arrived at by exertion of any degree and applicable to such diverse matters as … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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reach — [n] extent, range; stretch ability, ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, gamut, grasp, horizon, influence, jurisdiction, ken, latitude, magnitude, mastery, orbit, play, power, purview, radius, scope, spread, sweep, swing;… … New thesaurus

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