[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reach \reach\, n.
   an effort to vomit. r.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reach \reach\, v. t. imp.  p. p. reached r=echt
   raught, the old preterit, is obsolete; p. pr.  vb. n.
   reaching. oe. rechen, as. r=aecan, r=aecean, to
   extend, stretch out; akin to d. reiken, g. reichen, and
   possibly to as. rimacce powerful, rich, e. rich.
   root115.
   1. to extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
      limb, a member, something held, or the like.
      1913 webster

            her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
            unto her heeles down they raughten.   --rom. of r.
      1913 webster

            reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
                                                  --john xx. 27.
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            fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
            their pampered boughs.                --milton.
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   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            he reached me a full cup.             --2 esd. xiv.
                                                  39.
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   3. 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.
      1913 webster

            o patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
            than i may reach the beast.           --dryden.
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   4. 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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   5. hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
      penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
      1913 webster

            if these examples of grown men reach not the case of
            children, let them examine.           --locke.
      1913 webster

   6. to extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
      of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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            thy desire . . . leads to no excess
            that reaches blame.                   --milton.
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   7. to arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
      1913 webster

            before this letter reaches your hands. --pope.
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   8. to arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
      to be advanced to.
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            the best account of the appearances of nature which
            human penetration can reach, comes short of its
            reality.                              --cheyne.
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   9. to understand; to comprehend. obs.
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            do what, sir? i reach you not.        --beau.  fl.
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   10. to overreach; to deceive. obs. --south.
       1913 webster
see also:
reached raught reaching 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reach \reach\ r=ech, v. i.
   to retch. --cheyne.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reach \reach\, n.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the power of stretching out or extending action,
      influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;
      extent of force or capacity.
      1913 webster

            drawn by others who had deeper reaches than
            themselves to matters which they least intended.
                                                  --hayward.
      1913 webster

            be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence;
      result; scope.
      1913 webster

            and on the left hand, hell,
            with long reach, interposed.          --milton.
      1913 webster

            i am to pray you not to strain my speech
            to grosser issues, nor to larger reach
            than to suspicion.                    --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. 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 river's
      wooded reach." --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            the coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.
                                                  --holland.
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   5. an artifice to obtain an advantage.
      1913 webster

            the duke of parma had particular reaches and ends of
            his own underhand to cross the design. --bacon.
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   6. the pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the
      forward bolster of a wagon.
      1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reach \reach\, v. i.
   1. to stretch out the hand.
      1913 webster

            goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste
                                                  --milton.
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   2. to strain after something; to make efforts.
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            reaching above our nature does no good. --dryden.
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   3. to extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence,
      etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to,
      something.
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            and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top
            of it reached to heaven.              --gen. xxviii.
                                                  12.
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            the new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.
                                                  --boyle.
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   4. naut. to sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking
      to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
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   to reach after or to reach for or to reach at, to make
      efforts to attain to or obtain.
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            he would be in the posture of the mind reaching
            after a positive idea of infinity.    --locke.
      1913 webster
see also:
to reach after to reach for to reach at 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

retch \retch\ re^ch or r=ech; 277, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   retched re^cht; p. pr.  vb. n. retching. as.
   hraecan to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin
   to g. rachen, and perhaps to e. rack neck.
   to make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
   written also reach.
   1913 webster

         beloved julia, hear me still beseeching
         here he grew inarticulate with retching. --byron.
   1913 webster
see also:
retched retching reach 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

reach
     n 1: the limits within which something can be effective; "range
          of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
          syn: range
     2: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
        control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of
        municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this
        article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside
        the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world
        power" syn: scope, range, orbit, compass, ambit
     3: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out syn: reaching,
         stretch
     4: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
        syn: compass, range, grasp
     v 1: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "we hit
          detroit by noon"; "the water reached the doorstep"; "we
          barely made it to the finish line"; "i have to hit the
          mac machine before the weekend starts" syn: make, attain,
           hit, arrive at, gain
     2: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "the
        thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "this car can reach a speed
        of 140 miles per hour" syn: hit, attain
     3: move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a
        metaphorical sense; "government reaches out to the people"
        syn: reach out
     4: be in or establish communication with; "our advertisements
        reach millions"; "he never contacted his children after he
        emigrated to australia" syn: get through, get hold of,
         contact
     5: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
        setbacks" syn: achieve, accomplish, attain
     6: to extend as far as; "the sunlight reached the wall"; "can
        he reach?" "the chair must not touch the wall" syn: extend
        to, touch
     7: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "we made it";
        "she may not make the grade" syn: make, get to, progress
        to
     8: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon,
        please"; "turn the files over to me, please"; "he turned
        over the prisoner to his lawyers" syn: pass, hand, pass
        on, turn over, give
     9: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
        syn: strive, strain
see also:
range scope orbit compass ambit reaching 
stretch grasp make attain hit 
arrive at gain reach out get through get hold of 
contact achieve accomplish extend to touch 
get to progress to pass hand pass on 
turn over give strive strain 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

367 moby thesaurus words for "reach":
   accomplish, achieve, aesthetic distance, affect, ambit, amount,
   amount to, amplitude, answer, approach, approach anchorage, area,
   arm, armlet, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, arrive upon,
   assail the ear, attain, attain to, auditory range, avail, balance,
   bay, bayou, be equal to, be heard, be received, bear, bear down on,
   bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, belt, bight, bigness,
   blow in, bob up, boca, body, breadth, break even, bribe, buck,
   bulk, buy, buy off, caliber, capability, capacity, caress the ear,
   carry, carry to, carrying distance, check in, circulate, clearance,
   clip off, clock in, close with, come, come across with, come at,
   come in, come to, come to hand, come up to, come upon,
   communicate with, compass, contact, correspond, corrupt, cove,
   cover, coverage, creek, cut, deep space, degree, deliver,
   deliver over, depth, depths of space, diameter, diapason,
   dimension, dimensions, distance, distribute, ditto, divergence, do,
   do it, draw, earreach, earshot, encompass, environ, equal,
   establish connection, estuary, euripus, even, even off, expanse,
   expansion, extend, extend to, extension, extent, fall upon,
   farness, fetch, fetch up at, fill the bill, find, fix, fjord,
   fork over, forward, frith, fulfill, gain, gain a hearing, gamut,
   gauge, get, get across, get at, get by, get in, get there,
   get through to, get to, girth, give in, give out, give over, go,
   go aboard, go alongside, go around, go at, go out, go to, grade,
   grease, grease the palm, greatness, grieve, gulf, gut, hack it,
   hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, harbor, hearing, height, hit,
   hit town, hit upon, hold, hold out, horizon, impress, infinity,
   influence, inlet, interrogate, interval, just do, keep pace with,
   ken, knot, kyle, largeness, lay aboard, lay for, lay in, lead to,
   leap, leeway, length, lengthiness, level, lie, lie in, light upon,
   light-years, linear measures, loch, long time, longitude, longness,
   magnitude, maintain connection, make, make advances,
   make an impression, make at, make contact with, make for, make it,
   make oneself heard, make overtures, make the grade, make up to,
   margin, mark, mass, match, match up with, measure, measure up to,
   measurement, meet, meet requirements, melt, melt the heart,
   mileage, mouth, move, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor,
   notch, nuance, orbit, outreach, outstretch, overall length,
   parallel, parsecs, pas, pass, pass muster, pass out, pass over,
   pay off, peg, period, perpetuity, perspective, piece, pitch,
   pitch upon, plane, plateau, point, pop up, proportion, proportions,
   pull in, punch in, purchase, purview, put away for, put in,
   put into port, qualify, question, radius, raise, range, ratio,
   reach out, reach the ear, reach to, realize, register,
   register with, relate to, remoteness, remove, render, reply to,
   resign, respond to, ring in, rival, road, roads, roadstead,
   roll in, round, run, run abreast, run for, run to, rung, sadden,
   sail for, satisfy, scale, scope, score, separation, serve,
   serve the purpose, shade, shadow, shoot, show, show up, sign in,
   size, soften, sound, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread,
   stack up with, stair, stand, stand for, stand up, standard,
   steer toward, step, stick out, stint, stir, straddle, strait,
   straits, stretch, stretch away to, stretch out, stretch to, stride,
   strike upon, stumble on, stumble upon, suborn, suffice, surrender,
   surround, sway, sweep, take care of, take in, take it, tamper with,
   territory, thrust out, tickle the palm, tie, time in, touch,
   transfer, tread, turn over, turn up, volume, way, ways, width, win,
   work, yardage

[9] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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[10] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

reach, n.  the radius of action of the human hand.  the area within
which it is possible and customary to gratify directly the
propensity to provide.

    this is a truth, as old as the hills,
        that life and experience teach:
    the poor man suffers that keenest of ills,
        an impediment of his reach.
                                                                  g.j.

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