Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reach
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by out) stretch out; extend. 2 intr. stretch out a limb, the hand, etc.; make a reaching motion or effort. 3 intr. (often foll. by for) make a motion or effort to touch or get hold of, or to attain (reached for his pipe). 4 tr. get as far as; arrive at (reached Lincoln at lunch-time; your letter reached me today). 5 tr. get to or attain (a specified point) on a scale (the temperature reached 90°; the number of applications reached 100). 6 intr. (foll. by to) attain to; be adequate for (my income will not reach to it). 7 tr. succeed in achieving; attain (have reached agreement). 8 tr. make contact with the hand etc., or by telephone etc. (was out all day and could not be reached). 9 tr. succeed in influencing or having the required effect on (could not manage to reach their audience). 10 tr. hand, pass (reach me that book). 11 tr. take with an outstretched hand. 12 intr. Naut. sail with the wind abeam or abaft the beam. --n. 1 the extent to which a hand etc. can be reached out, influence exerted, motion carried out, or mental powers used. 2 an act of reaching out. 3 a continuous extent, esp. a stretch of river between two bends, or the part of a canal between locks. 4 Naut. a distance traversed in reaching. Phrases and idioms out of reach not able to be reached or attained. reach-me-down ready-made. Derivatives reachable adj. reacher n. Etymology: OE r{aelig}can f. WG
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣcan; akin to Old High German reichen to ~, Lithuanian raižytis to stretch oneself Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to stretch out ; extend, thrust, 2. to touch or grasp by extending a part of the body (as a hand) or an object , to pick up and draw toward one ; take, c. to extend to , to get up to or as far as ; come to , d. encompass, to make an impression on, to communicate with, to hand over ; pass, intransitive verb 1. to make a stretch with or as if with one's hand, to strain after something, 2. project, extend , to arrive at or come to something , to sail on a ~, ~able adjective ~er noun II. noun Date: 1536 a continuous stretch or expanse, 2. a. the action or an act of ~ing, an individual part of a progression or journey, b. a ~able distance , ability to ~ , an extent or range especially of knowledge or comprehension, a bearing shaft or coupling pole, the tack sailed by a ship with the wind coming just forward of the beam or with the wind directly abeam or abaft the beam, echelon, level ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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