reach

reach is a 5-letter English word with 35 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To retch. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 35 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To retch.
2. noun. An effort to vomit.
3. transitive verb. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
4. transitive verb. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
5. transitive verb. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
6. transitive verb. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
7. transitive verb. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
8. transitive verb. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
9. transitive verb. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
10. transitive verb. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
11. transitive verb. To understand; to comprehend.
12. transitive verb. To overreach; to deceive.
13. intransitive verb. To stretch out the hand.
14. intransitive verb. To strain after something; to make efforts.
15. intransitive verb. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
16. intransitive verb. To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
17. noun. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
18. noun. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
19. noun. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
20. noun. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
21. noun. An artifice to obtain an advantage.
22. noun. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
23. noun. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

    Synonyms: reaching, stretch

24. noun. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

    "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"

    "the ambit of municipal legislation"

    Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope

25. noun. the limit of capability

    "within the compass of education"

    Synonyms: compass, grasp, range

26. noun. the limits within which something can be effective

    "range of motion"

    "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

    Synonyms: range

27. verb. be in or establish communication with

    "Our advertisements reach millions"

    "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

    Synonyms: contact

28. verb. to exert much effort or energy

    "straining our ears to hear"

    Synonyms: strain, strive

29. verb. move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense

    "Government reaches out to the people"

30. verb. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

    "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"

    "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

    Synonyms: attain, hit

31. verb. reach a destination, either real or abstract

    "We hit Detroit by noon"

    "The water reached the doorstep"

    Synonyms: attain, gain, hit, make

32. verb. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"

    "We made it!"

    "She may not make the grade"

    Synonyms: make

33. verb. place into the hands or custody of

    "hand me the spoon, please"

    "Turn the files over to me, please"

    Synonyms: give, hand, pass

34. verb. to gain with effort

    "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

    Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain

35. verb. to extend as far as "The chair must not touch the wall"

    "The sunlight reached the wall"

    "Can he reach?"

    Synonyms: touch

Synonyms

reaching, stretch, ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope, grasp, contact, strain, strive, attain, hit, gain, make, give, hand, pass, accomplish, achieve, touch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in reach:

acher, arche, chare, chera, echar, rache

Common word forms

reached, reacher, reaches, reaching, reachable, reachless

Words from these letters

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