reach

to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.: to reach a book on a high shelf.

to stretch or hold out; extend: reaching out a hand in greeting.

to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet: The bookcase reaches the ceiling.

to establish communication with: I called but couldn't reach you.

to amount to, as in the sum or total: The cost will reach millions.

to penetrate to: distant stars the eye cannot reach.

to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile: The artillery fire reached the shore.

to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.: a program that reached a large teenage audience.

to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: to reach for a weapon.

to extend in operation or effect: power that reaches throughout the land.

to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: a coat reaching to the knee;a tower reaching to the skies.

to extend or continue in time.

to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to).

to amount (often followed by to): sums reaching to a considerable total.

to penetrate: Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.

to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily: I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.

Nautical.

range of effective action, power, or capacity.

a continuous stretch or extent of something: a reach of woodland.

Also called pound. a level portion of a canal, between locks.

Nautical. a point of sailing in which the wind is within a few points of the beam, either forward of the beam (close reach ), directly abeam (beam reach ), or abaft the beam (broad reach ).

the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.

a straight portion of a river between two bends.

(tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation): to reach the point of starvation

(intr) to extend in influence or operation: the Roman conquest reached throughout England

(tr) informal to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand: to reach someone a book

(intr ; foll by out, for, or after) to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch: to reach for something on a shelf

(intr ; foll by for or after) to strive or yearn: to reach for the impossible

(tr) to make contact or communication with (someone): we tried to reach him all day

(tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing

(tr) to amount to (a certain sum): to reach the five million mark

(intr) nautical to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam

the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc

an open stretch of water, esp on a river

nautical the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack

a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end

television radio the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week

marketing the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign