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Reaching

/ˈɹiːtʃɪŋ/

To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

📖 Definitions of "Reaching"

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."

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