English Explanatory Dictionary

reach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
  2. To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
  3. To stretch out the hand.
  4. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
  5. To strike or touch.
  6. To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
  7. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
  8. To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
  9. To make contact with.
  10. To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
  11. To arrive at a particular destination.
  12. To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
noun
  1. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
  2. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
  3. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
  4. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
  5. An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
  6. The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
  7. Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
  8. The distance traversed between tacks.
  9. A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
  10. A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
  11. An extended portion or area of land or water.
  12. An article to obtain an advantage.
verb
  1. Alternative form of retch.
noun
  1. Alternative form of retch.
noun
  1. Alternative form of riichi.
name
  1. Acronym of Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals.
name
  1. A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5666).
  2. A former township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada, now part of the township of Scugog.

Pronunciation

rēch /ɹiːt͡ʃ/ en-us-reach.ogg

Word forms

reach reaches reaching reached raught no-table-tags glossary rought retcht reachest reachedst raughtest retchtest reacheth

Etymology

From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).

Synonyms

contact get hold of get in touch link up

Derived words

areach atreach broad-reaching far-reaching farreaching forereach highreaching misreach outreach overreach reachability reachable reach across the aisle reach an early grave reach down reacher reach for reach for the moon reach for the skies reach for the sky reach for the stars reach-me-down reach out reach past reach rock bottom reach-through rereach underreach unreach unreachable unreached upreach when I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun Anglers Reach arm's reach beam reach boardinghouse reach broad reach close reach Cumberland Reach dry reach Dutch reach ear-reach earreach eyereach Fishermans Reach Freemans Reach Gallions Reach gunreach head reach in reach Long Reach lower reaches middle reaches out of reach Rainbow Reach reach-around reachless reach stacker reachy

Translations

Southern Altai: једер Arabic: بَلَغَ Azerbaijani: çatmaq Azerbaijani: gəlib-çatmaq Azerbaijani: yetmək Belarusian: дахо́дзіць Belarusian: дайсці́ Belarusian: даязджа́ць Belarusian: дае́хаць Belizean Creole: reech Bulgarian: дости́гам Bulgarian: дости́гна Buryat: хүрэхэ Cebuano: abot Chinese Mandarin: 到達 /到达 Chinese Mandarin: 抵達 /抵达 Ngazidja Comorian: uhondra Czech: dorazit Czech: dojet Danish: nå Danish: nå frem til Dutch: bereiken Esperanto: atingi Finnish: saavuttaa French: atteindre French: arriver à German: erreichen Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Greek: φτάνω Ancient Greek: ἱκάνω Ancient Greek: ἀφικνέομαι Hindi: पहुँचना Hungarian: elér Hungarian: odaér Ingrian: tavata Ingrian: päässä Interlingua: arrivar a Irish: ionsaigh Irish: sroich Italian: raggiungere Italian: avvicinare Italian: contattare Japanese: 達する Japanese: 到達する Japanese: 到着する Kalmyk: күрх Korean: 달하다 Korean: 도달하다 Korean: 도착하다 Latin: pervenio Malayalam: എത്തുക Māori: tapotu Mongolian: хүрэх Norwegian: rekke Polish: docierać Polish: dotrzeć Portuguese: chegar Portuguese: alcançar Portuguese: atingir Romanian: ajunge Russian: доходи́ть Russian: дойти́ Russian: прибыва́ть Russian: прибы́ть Upper Sorbian: dóńć Spanish: llegar Spanish: alcanzar Spanish: conseguir
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