reach
To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
Verb 4 meanings
To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
“He reached for a weapon that was on the table.”
To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
“to reach someone a book”
To stretch out the hand.
To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
“to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear”
Noun 4 meanings
The act of stretching or extending; extension.
The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
“The fruit is beyond my reach.”
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
Etymology
From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”). Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.
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REACH at a glance
REACH has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,194 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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