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Reach \Reach\ (r[=e]ch), v. i.
To retch. --Cheyne.
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Reach \Reach\, n.
An effort to vomit. [R.]
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Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached} (r[=e]cht)
({Raught}, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Reaching}.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to
extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and
possibly to AS. r[imac]ce powerful, rich, E. rich.
[root]115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. --Rom. of R.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
children, let them examine. --Locke.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2. The power of stretching out or extending action,
influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;
extent of force or capacity.
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Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than
themselves to matters which they least intended.
--Hayward.
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Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --Pope.
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3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence;
result; scope.
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And on the left hand, hell,
With long reach, interposed. --Milton.
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I am to pray you not to strain my speech
To grosser issues, nor to larger reach
Than to suspicion. --Shak.
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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.
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The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.
--Holland.
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5. An artifice to obtain an advantage.
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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.
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Reach \Reach\, v. i.
1. To stretch out the hand.
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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.
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Retch \Retch\ (r[e^]ch or r[=e]ch; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Retched} (r[e^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Retching}.] [AS.
hr[ae]can 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}.]
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Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) --Byron.
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