Reached

Word REACHED
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɹiːtʃt/

Definitions and meanings of "Reached"

What do we mean by reached?

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

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 stretch out the hand.

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.

To strike or touch with a missile.

Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.

To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.

To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.

To make contact with.

To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).

To arrive at a particular destination.

To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.

To understand; to comprehend.

To overreach; to deceive.

To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.

To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).

To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.

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The word "reached" in example sentences

That her name reached Rome and be called Blessed, undid me; it was the very hand of God that took the hammer and anvil to break me. ❋ Adriana Renescu (2012)

While I was browsing my National Geographic, the title reached out and punched me in the snout. ❋ Holly (2007)

WHEN STEVE BRODIE dived from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886, his name reached into a wretched Negro cabin in Galveston, Texas, and so stirred a ragged Negro boy of twelve that he made up his mind to go to New York and meet Brodie in person. ❋ J. A. Rogers (1947)

The citizens of Tours spoke of him as "an eccentric," but he was greatly annoyed when the term reached his ears, for, good Gascon that he was, and proud of himself, body and mind, he felt that it was singularly humiliating to be treated with so little respect. ❋ Albert Keim (1911)

The title reached national prominence through Looney Tunes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In addition, the title reached an estimated 20.5 million home entertainment units net shipped worldwide through the end of the third quarter. ❋ Unknown (2008)

dbernstein: One thing about Romney: In all these years of reporting on him I've never had to use the phrase "reached for her genitals." ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)

Khan’s most outspoken comments were reserved for the country’s Urdu press, where his word reached the vast majority of Pakistan’s 170 million people. ❋ Catherine Collins (2011)

So I'm gently handlining the now-doubly-tired fish, which again reached the net ... and the hook pulls out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only way any compromise could have been reached is if the congressmen didn't read the bill in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This debt our government has reached is an unfortunate result of the belief that deficit spending on certain areas of the economy would result in some sort of economic boost. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How far through the Americas the influence of Jalisco's obsidian technology and trade reached is a study that has only barely begun, thanks to the development of Neutron Activation Analysis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course we both know you are really just whistling past the graveyard (unless you have once again reached that pinnacle of Republican hackery where you actually manage to delude yourself). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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