reach /ˈriʧ/
 伸出,延伸,區域,範圍,河段,岬(vt.)到達,達到,伸出,延伸,影響(vi.)達到
 Reach v. i. To retch.
 Reach, n. An effort to vomit. [R.]
 Reach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaching.]
 1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
 Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
 Unto her heeles down they raughten.   --Rom. of R.
    Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.   --John xx. 27.
 Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
 Their pampered boughs.   --Milton.
 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.
    He reached me a full cup.   --2 Esd. xiv. 39.
 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.
 O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
 Than I may reach the beast.   --Dryden.
 4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
 5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
    If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine.   --Locke.
 6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
 Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
 That reaches blame.   --Milton.
 7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
    Before this letter reaches your hands.   --Pope.
 8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
    The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality.   --Cheyne.
 9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
    Do what, sir? I reach you not.   --Beau. & Fl.
 10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.]
 Reach, v. i.
 1. To stretch out the hand.
    Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!   --Milton.
 2. To strain after something; to make efforts.
    Reaching above our nature does no good.   --Dryden.
 3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
    And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.   --Gen. xxviii. 12.
    The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.   --Boyle.
 4. Naut. To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
 To reach after or To reach for or To reach at, to make efforts to attain to or obtain.
    He would be in the posture of the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity.   --Locke.
 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.
 2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
    Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended.   --Hayward.
    Be sure yourself and your own reach to know.   --Pope.
 3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
 And on the left hand, hell,
 With long reach, interposed.   --Milton.
 I am to pray you not to strain my speech
 To grosser issues, nor to larger reach
 Than to suspicion.   --Shak.
 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.”
    The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.   --Holland.
 5. An artifice to obtain an advantage.
    The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design.   --Bacon.
 6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
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 Retch v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.]  To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.]
 Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
 (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.)   --Byron.
 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]