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Reached
/ɹiːtʃt/
To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
📖 Definitions of "Reached"
- 1
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."
- 2
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 one a book"
- 3
To stretch out the hand.
- 4
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.
"The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Reached"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reach outverb | (intransitive) To ask for help. |
| stretchverb | (transitive) To lengthen by pulling. |
| striveverb | To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. |
| get hold ofverb | (transitive) To contact (a person). |
| pass onverb | (transitive) To convey or communicate. |
| achieveverb | (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. |
| arrive atverb | To reach (a destination) |
| passverb | To change place. |
| attainverb | (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result). |
| accomplishverb | (transitive) To finish successfully. |
| get throughverb | (informal, intransitive, transitive) To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee with difficulty. |
| gainverb | (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress. |
| scopeverb | (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code. |
| touchverb | Primarily physical senses. |
| contactverb | (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with. |
| turn oververb | (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales). |
| graspverb | To understand. |
| makeverb | (transitive) To create. |
| giveverb | (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. |
| hitverb | (heading, physical) To strike. |
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