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Reaching

noun

1.

The act of physically reaching or thrusting out. Synonyms: reach, stretch.

2.

Accomplishment of an objective. Synonym: arrival.

Reach

verb

(past & past part. reached, obs. raught; pres. part. reaching)

1.

Reach a destination, either real or abstract. Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make. "The water reached the doorstep" , "We barely made it to the finish line" , "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

2.

Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level. Synonyms: attain, hit. "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

3.

Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense. Synonym: reach out.

4.

Be in or establish communication with. Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through. "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

5.

To gain with effort. Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain.

6.

To extend as far as. Synonyms: extend to, touch. "Can he reach?" , "The chair must not touch the wall"

7.

Reach a goal, e.g.,. Synonyms: get to, make, progress to. "We made it!" , "She may not make the grade"

8.

Place into the hands or custody of. Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over. "Turn the files over to me, please" , "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

9.

To exert much effort or energy. Synonyms: strain, strive.

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"Reaching" Quotes from Famous Books

... was one of the blackest clouds coming up the avenue from the main road. It was the Yankee soldiers, they finally filled the mile long avenue reaching from marster's house to the main Louisburg road and spread out over the mile square grove. The mounted men dismounted. The footmen stacked their shining guns and began to build fires and cook. They called the ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States • Various

... is, people are always trying to make out that they are not sinners, that they have nothing to confess. Therefore, there is no chance of reaching them with the Gospel. There is no hope for a man who folds his arms and says: "I don't think God will punish sin; I am going to take the risk." There is no hope for a man until he sees that he is under just condemnation for his sins and shortcomings. God never forgives a sinner ...

— Men of the Bible • Dwight Moody

... would go straight through my baby's head, and Elizabeth was reaching her little hands and laughing. There was only one thing to do, and I did it. I caught that red-hot poker from the fire, and stuck it so close her baby's face, that the papoose drew back and whimpered. I scarcely ...

— Laddie • Gene Stratton Porter

... uncertain whether he took part in the first crusade of St Louis, in 1248-1251, at which Charles was present: but he followed Charles on his Italian expedition against Manfred in 1265, and seems to have been captured by the Ghibellines before reaching Naples. At any rate, he was a prisoner at Novara in September 1266; Pope Clement IV. induced Charles to ransom him, and in 1269, as a recompense for his services, he received five castles in the Abruzzi, near ...

— The Troubadours • H.J. Chaytor

... flung into confusion. He had to start life again; but it could not be in the way of any previous travel of mind or body. The line of cleavage was sharp and wide, and the only connection with the past was in the long-reaching influence of evil habits, which crept from their coverts, now and again, to mock him as his old self had mocked life—to mock him and to tempt him. Through seven months of healthy life for his body, while brain and will were sleeping, the whole man had made long strides towards ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

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