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VERB (tr):

1. to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: 
The boat reached the shore.

2. to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: 
Your letter never reached me.

3. to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.: 
to reach a book on a high shelf.

4. to stretch or hold out; extend: 
reaching out a hand in greeting.

5. to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet: 
The bookcase reaches the ceiling.

6. to establish communication with: 
I called but couldn't reach you.

7. to amount to, as in the sum or total: 
The cost will reach millions.

8. to penetrate to: 
distant stars the eye cannot reach.

9. to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile: 
The artillery fire reached the shore.

10. to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.: 
a program that reached a large teenage audience.

11. (tr) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action:
to reach the office.

12. (tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation):
to reach the point of starvation.

13. (tr) informal. to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand:
to reach someone a book.

14. (tr) to make contact or communication with (someone):
we tried to reach him all day.

15. (tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing.

16. (tr) to amount to (a certain sum):
to reach the five million mark.

17. to stretch out; extend.

18. thrust.

19. to touch or grasp by extending a part of the body (such as a hand) or an object: 
couldn't reach the apple.

20. to pick up and draw toward one; take.

21. to extend to the shadow: 
reached the wall.

22. to get up to or as far as; come to: 
your letter reached me yesterday; his voice reached the last rows; they hoped to reach an agreement.

23. encompass.

24. to make an impression on.

25. to communicate with.

26. to hand over; pass.

27. (tr or intr) to extend as far as (a point or place):
to reach the ceiling; can you reach?

(intr):

1. to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.

2. to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.

3. to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: 
to reach for a weapon.

4. to extend in operation or effect: 
power that reaches throughout the land.

5. to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: 
a coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.

6. to extend or continue in time.

7. to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to).

8. to amount (often followed by to): 
sums reaching to a considerable total.

9. to penetrate: 
Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.

10. to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily: 
I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.

11. (intr) to extend in influence or operation:
the Roman conquest reached throughout England.

12. (intr ; foll by out, for, or after) to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch:
to reach for something on a shelf.

13. (intr ; foll by for or after) to strive or yearn:
to reach for the impossible.

14. to make a stretch with or as if with one's hand.

15. to strain after something.

16. project, extend: 
his land reaches to the river.

17. to arrive at or come to something: 
as far as the eye could reach.

18. (tr or intr) to extend as far as (a point or place):
to reach the ceiling; can you reach?

nautical:

1. (intr) to sail on a reach.

2. (intr) to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.

3. (intr) to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam.

Origin:

before 900; (v.) Middle English rechen,Old English rǣcan (cognate with German reichen,Dutch reiken); (noun) derivative of the v. Dictionary 2: Old English rǣcan; related to Old Frisian rēka, Old High German reihhen. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of reach: Verb: before the 12th century. Noun: 14th century. History and Etymology for reach: Verb: Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣcan; akin to Old High German reichen to reach, Lithuanian raižytis to stretch oneself. —Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

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