Reach Definition
rēch
reached, reaches, reaching
verb
reached, reaches, reaching
To thrust out the hand, foot, etc.
Webster's New World
To thrust out or extend (the hand, etc.)
Webster's New World
To stretch out or put forth (a body part); extend.
Reached out an arm.
American Heritage
To touch or grasp by stretching out or extending.
Can't reach the shelf.
American Heritage
To go as far as; attain.
To reach town by night.
Webster's New World
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noun
reaches
The act of stretching or thrusting out.
Webster's New World
The power of stretching, obtaining, etc.
Webster's New World
The distance or extent covered in stretching, obtaining, influencing, etc.
Webster's New World
Range of understanding; comprehension.
A subject beyond my reach.
American Heritage
A continuous, uninterrupted extent or stretch.
A vast reach of still water.
Webster's New World
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abbreviation
Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals.
Wiktionary
Origin of Reach
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From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach"), from Proto-Germanic *raikijanÄ…, from the Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to stretch"). Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English rechen from Old English rǣcan reig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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