REACH

noun an effort to vomit.

2. reach ·vi to stretch out the hand.

3. reach ·vi to retch.

4. reach ·vt to arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.

5. reach ·vi to strain after something; to make efforts.

6. reach ·noun an artifice to obtain an advantage.

7. reach ·vt to overreach; to deceive.

8. reach ·noun extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

9. reach ·vt to understand; to comprehend.

10. reach ·noun the pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.

11. reach ·vi to sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

12. reach ·vt to arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

13. reach ·vt hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.

14. reach ·vt to strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.

15. reach ·vt to extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.

xvi. reach ·vi to extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, ·etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.

xvii. reach ·noun the power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

xviii. reach ·vt to extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

xix. reach ·vt 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.

xx. reach ·noun 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.

xxi. reach ·vt to attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to 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.

xxii. reach ·noun 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.