reach : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reach	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for reach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reach n the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" Synonym(s): range, reach an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" Synonym(s): scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit the act of physically reaching or thrusting out Synonym(s): reach, reaching, stretch the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Synonym(s): compass, range, reach, grasp v reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" Synonym(s): reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" Synonym(s): reach, hit, attain move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people" Synonym(s): reach, reach out be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" Synonym(s): reach, get through, get hold of, contact to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" Synonym(s): achieve, accomplish, attain, reach to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall" Synonym(s): reach, extend to, touch reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" Synonym(s): reach, make, get to, progress to place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" Synonym(s): pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" Synonym(s): strive, reach, strain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retch \Retch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retching}.] [AS. hr[?]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also {reach}.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reach \Reach\, n. An effort to vomit. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached}({Raught}, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[aemac]can, r[aemac]cean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. r[c6]ce powerful, rich, E. rich. [root]115.] 1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten. --Rom. of R. Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. --John xx. 27. Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs. --Milton. 2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book. He reached me a full cap. --2 Esd. xiv. 39. 3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear. O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the beast. --Dryden. 4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell. 5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as. If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. --Locke. 6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. --Milton. 7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to. The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. --Cheyne. 9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.] Do what, sir? I reach you not. --Beau. & Fl. 10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. --Hayward. Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --Pope. 3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. And on the left hand, hell, With long reach, interposed. --Milton. I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion. --Shak. 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. [bd]The river's wooded reach.[b8] --Tennyson. The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches. --Holland. 5. An article to obtain an advantage. The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design. --Bacon. 6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reach \Reach\, v. t. 1. To stretch out the hand. Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! --Milton. 2. To strain after something; to make efforts. Reaching above our nature does no good. --Dryden. 3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something. And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. --Gen. xxviii. 12. The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone. --Boyle. 4. (Naut.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the ind nearly abeam. {To reach after} [or] {at}, to make efforts to attain to or obtain. He would be in the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity. --Locke.