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Definitions for Reaching

[1] to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
[2] to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: Your letter never reached me.
[3] to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.: to reach a book on a high shelf.
[4] to stretch or hold out; extend: reaching out a hand in greeting.
[5] to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet: The bookcase reaches the ceiling.
[6] to establish communication with: I called but couldn't reach you.
[7] to amount to, as in the sum or total: The cost will reach millions.
[8] to penetrate to: distant stars the eye cannot reach.
[9] to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile: The artillery fire reached the shore.
[10] to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.: a program that reached a large teenage audience.
[11] to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.
[12] to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.
[13] to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: to reach for a weapon.
[14] to extend in operation or effect: power that reaches throughout the land.
[15] to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: a coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.
[16] to extend or continue in time.
[17] to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to ).
[18] to amount (often followed by to ): sums reaching to a considerable total.
[19] to penetrate: Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.
[20] to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily: I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.
[21] Nautical . to sail on a reach. to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.
[22] an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
[23] the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of his voice.
[24] range of effective action, power, or capacity.
[25] a continuous stretch or extent of something: a reach of woodland.
[26] Also called pound. a level portion of a canal, between locks.
[27] Nautical . a point of sailing in which the wind is within a few points of the beam, either forward of the beam (close reach) , directly abeam (beam reach) , or abaft the beam (broad reach) .
[28] the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.
[29] a straight portion of a river between two bends.
[30] (tr) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action to reach the office
[31] to extend as far as (a point or place) to reach the ceiling ; can you reach?
[32] (tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation) to reach the point of starvation
[33] (intr) to extend in influence or operation the Roman conquest reached throughout England
[34] (tr) informal to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand to reach someone a book
[35] (intr ; foll by out, for, or after) to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch to reach for something on a shelf
[36] (intr ; foll by for or after) to strive or yearn to reach for the impossible
[37] (tr) to make contact or communication with (someone) we tried to reach him all day
[38] (tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing
[39] (tr) to amount to (a certain sum) to reach the five million mark
[40] (intr) nautical to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam
[41] the act of reaching
[42] the extent or distance of reaching within reach of safety ; beyond her reach
[43] the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc
[44] an open stretch of water, esp on a river
[45] nautical the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack
[46] a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end
[47] television radio the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week
[48] marketing the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign

Words related to Reaching

reachelusive, unavailable, faraway, insurmountable, distant, unattainable, impassable, impervious, aloof, away, beyond, far, far-off, impracticable, inapproachable, out-of-the-way, remote, unapproachable, unfeasible, unrealizable

Words nearby Reaching

reachre-uptake, re., rea, rea silvia, reabsorption, reach, reach for the sky, reach rod, reach-me-down, reaching jib, reacquire

Origin of Reaching

before 900; (v.) Middle English rechen, Old English rǣcan (cognate with German reichen, Dutch reiken ); (noun) derivative of the v.

Other words from Reaching

reach·a·ble , adjective
reach·a·bil·i·ty , noun
reach·er , noun
un·reach·a·ble , adjective
un·reached , adjective

Word origin for Reaching

Old English rǣcan ; related to Old Frisian rēka , Old High German reihhen

Synonyms for Reaching

embracing, encompassing, joining, meeting, spanning, stretching, touching, ending at, going up to, spreading to