Definition of: reach

(rēch) v.t.
1. To stretch out or forth, as the hand or foot.
2. To present by means of or as by means of the outstretched hand; deliver; hand over.
3. To extend as far as; touch or grasp, as with the hand: Can you reach the top shelf?
4. To arrive at or come to by motion or progress; attain: When do we reach Miami?
5. To achieve communication with; gain access to.
6. To amount to; total.
7. To strike or hit, as with a blow or missile.
—v.i.
8. To stretch the hand, foot, etc., out or forth.
9. To attempt to touch or grasp something: He reached for his wallet.
10. To have extent in space, time, amount, or influence: The ladder reached to the ceiling.
11. Naut. To sail on a tack with the wind on or forward of the beam.
—noun
1. The act or power of reaching; also, the distance one is able to reach, as with the hand, an instrument, or missile, or by thought, influence, etc.; scope; range.
2. A point, position, or result attained or attainable.
3. An unbroken stretch, as of a stream; a vista or expanse.
4. A pole or bar connecting the rear axle, truck, or runners of a vehicle with some part at the forward end.
5. Naut. The sailing, or the distance sailed, by a vessel on one tack. [OE ræcan. Akin to G reichen reach] Synonyms (verb): attain, gain, hit, land, make, strike, touch. To reach, in the sense here considered, is to come to by motion or progress. Attain is now oftenest used of abstract relations; as, to attain success. To gain is to reach or attain a thing eagerly sought; the wearied swimmer reaches or gains the shore. See ARRIVE, GET, MAKE¹, STRETCH.