01 v. i. To retch.
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To retch.
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22 senses · 5 variants
Webster, 1913
Reach
/(rēch)/
· IPA /ɹiːt͡ʃ/
02 n. An effort to vomit.
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An effort to vomit.[R.]
03 v. t. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
imp. & p. p.
Reached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaching
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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.
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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 cup.” — 2 Esd. xiv. 39.
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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.“O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the beast.” — Dryden.
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To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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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.
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To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.“Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame.” — Milton.
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To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.“Before this letter reaches your hands.” — Pope.
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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.
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To understand; to comprehend.[Obs.]“Do what, sir? I reach you not.” — Beau. & Fl.
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To overreach; to deceive.[Obs.]
04 v. i. To stretch out the hand.
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To stretch out the hand.“Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!” — Milton.
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To strain after something; to make efforts.“Reaching above our nature does no good.” — Dryden.
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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.
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To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.(Naut.)“He would be in the posture of the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity.” — Locke.
05 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, t…
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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.
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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.
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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.“The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.” — Holland.
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An artifice to obtain an advantage.“The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design.” — Bacon.
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The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.