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Reaches

/ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪz/

The act of stretching or extending; extension.

📖 Definitions of "Reaches"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of stretching or extending; extension.

  2. 2

    The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.

    "The fruit is beyond my reach."

  3. 3

    The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

  4. 4

    Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

verb
  1. 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. 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. 3

    To stretch out the hand.

  4. 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."

noun
  1. 1

    The extreme limits

    "If we look to the nether reaches of the list, we find some anomalies."

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