reach

v

1. stretch out or forth; outstretch, extend, hold out, thrust out, stick out.

2. touch, grasp, seize; clutch at, grab at, catch at.

3. attain, gain, accomplish, achieve, make, Inf. make it, Inf. get there; amount to, come to, run to, measure up to, come up to, Inf. stack up to; approach, overtake, keep pace with, rival, correspond, be level with, parallel, match, equal.

4. reach or extend to, go as far as, go to, stretch to; touch, neighbor, border on, abut, be contiguous, adjoin, conjoin; penetrate, enter. '

5. arrive at, get to, set foot in or on, land at or on, Naut. put in or into.

6. span, straddle, take in, hold, encompass.

7. influence, impress, interest, affect, stimulate, quicken, waken, awake, awaken, excite, arouse; touch, move, move to tears; animate, impassion, inspirit.

8. hit, hit the mark, strike, Inf. be on target.

9. be heard, register, make an impression, carry; contact, get to, get through to, make oneself heard, communicate, make contact with.

n

10. reaching, stretching, going for; stretch, extension, effort, strain, aspiration.

11. purview, scope, compass, range, latitude; authority, jurisdiction, dominion, sway, rule, power, sovereignty; precinct, orbit, circuit, vicinage, proximity; field, zone, territory, sphere, area; capacity, function; grasp, control, grip, hold, influence.

12. extent, span, sweep, swing, expanse, distance, space, room, length, breadth, width; limit, bounds, margin.