- (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- (v.t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held or the like.
- (v.t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce or cut, as far as.
- (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- (v.i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
- (v.t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
- (v.i.) To retch.
- (n.) An effort to vomit.
- (v.i.) To stretch out the hand.
- (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To understand; to comprehend.
- (v.t.) To overreach; to deceive.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to or be equal to, something.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To strike, hit or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet or a shell.
- (v.i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another or with the wind nearly abeam.
- (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
- (v.t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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