Reaching Definition

verb

Present participle of reach.

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(nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.

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Noun

Singular:
reaching
Plural:
reachings

Reaching Sentence Examples

  • She stretched and sat up, reaching for her clothes.

  • Reaching down, he plucked from her lap.

  • Reaching the large house near the Horse Guards' barracks, in which Anatole lived, Pierre entered the lighted porch, ascended the stairs, and went in at the open door.

  • A young forest growing up under your meadows, and wild sumachs and blackberry vines breaking through into your cellar; sturdy pitch pines rubbing and creaking against the shingles for want of room, their roots reaching quite under the house.

  • He nodded, reaching for another bale of hay.

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Words Starting With

RREREA

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GNGING

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Words Starting With R and Ending With G

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