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reachn.1 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reach v.1 Etymology: < reach v.1Perhaps attested earlier in place names, as Reche (1086; now Reach, Cambridgeshire), Reche (13th cent.; now Reach, Bedfordshire), le Reche (1375; now The Reaches, Northamptonshire), Reche (1394; now Reach, Devon), Reche (1396; now Reach, Whittlesey, Isle of Ely); the original sense in these names is unclear, perhaps ‘stretch of raised land’ (compare branch I., and see further P. H. Reaney Place-names Cambs. & Isle of Ely (1943) 136, M. Gelling & A. Cole Landscape of Place-names (2000) 213). With sense 1a perhaps compare rack n.5 1, raik n.2, although the resemblance is perhaps only accidental. With sense 3 compare earlier ratch n.1 and discussion at that entry. Compare also the following, which may show a related form, or perhaps an error for this word (if so, implying earlier currency):1778 Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser 10 July A Bay Gelding, seven years old, about 14 hands and a half high, a white roach down his face, a large grey mark upon his quarters. I. A thing that reaches or extends. 1. the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > part of the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > reach 1362–97 in C. Innes (1837) 188 Usque ad le dede reche. 1496 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 290 To cary the knapholt in his bote oure the reych. 1536 in R. G. Marsden (1894) I. 58 The same catche beyng under sayle in the reche over agaynste Lymehowse callyd Limehowse Reche. 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil viii. sig. Aa.ii They pluckyng swift their Ores, that..tyre their lims, And reatches long they win. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus 33 Rasing as it goes the high bankes with their curving reaches. 1720 D. Defoe 100 The King..Examined every Reach and Turning of the River. 1788 A. Young Jrnl. 13 Oct. in A. Young (1792) i. 99 The river presents one reach, crossed by the bridge, and then dividing into two fine channels. 1815 in (1916) 1st Ser. VIII. 573 In the reaches or pools of the Campbell River, the very curious animal called the Paradox, or Watermole is seen. 1857 D. P. Thompson viii. 107 They entered and descended the next reach of rapids with equal speed and safety. 1880 S. Haughton v. 242 Occasionally threading some narrow channel, to enter again some magnificent reach. 1908 R. W. Gilder 221 The river winds through the trees and..the rapids and reaches murmur and sing. 1940 C. Stead i. 6 She was like a tall crane in the reaches of the river, standing with one leg crooked and listening. 1991 (Proc. 4th Internat. Symp. Land Subsidence) vi. 379 Two reaches of the canal were affected by hydrocompaction. 1995 14 Sept. 9/1 The upper reaches..are the breeding grounds for seven species of migratory fish, including lampreys and chad. the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > bay or gulf 1526 Acts xxvii. 39 They spied a certayne reache [Gk. κόλπος] with a banke. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. v. xxix. 108 All the coast thereof is very full of creekes and reaches. 1650 T. Fuller v. vii. 156 The opposite shoar, on the same side of the Sea, but..over a reach, or bay. 1736 R. Ainsworth A reach at sea, duorum promontoriorum intervallum. the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil i. A iij On either side the reaches hie..And vnder them the still sea lyeth. 1572 I. B. sig. C.jv A reache of land..annexed no where to the mayne but at the one ende as the Arme to the shoulder. 1626 J. Smith 17 A headland; a furland, a Retch; a land marke. a1633 Visct. Falkland (1680) 127 Thrice had they past St. Vincents Rock..but in that Reach are hurryed back with fury. 1798 W. Gilpin xxii. 216 One of the boundaries of this extensive bay is a reach of land running out into pointed rocks. 1844 G. W. Featherstonhaugh 131/1 Many long but narrow reaches of land, as they are called, are formed. 1884 Jan. 443/2 The reach at Nahant, and Crow Neck in Long Island..were thus fenced to inclose, by aid of the sea, gigantic common pastures. 1943 21 Aug. 1/6 Landings on the narrow reaches of the rocky island were made on August 15. 1990 P. Ferrini 63 Surrounded on one side by this confluence of rivers, and on the other by the ocean, the outer reach of land yields inch by inch to the tides. 2. gen.the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something 1610 II. Ezek. xvii. 3 A great eagle with great winges, with a long reach of members [L. longo membrorum ductu]. 1638 F. Junius 68 Darksome night..dimming the spacious reach of heaven. 1674 N. Fairfax Contents The outmost reach of Body must needs be bounded. 1803 9 440 Exposed to the whole reach of the Western Ocean. 1828 J. F. Cooper I. 335 Observe..what broad reaches of territory must be passed before you gain the limits of our establishments. 1866 R. D. Blackmore x The glades and reaches of gentle park and meadow. a1902 F. Norris (1903) ii. 62 The Great Grey City..imposed its dominion upon a reach of country larger than many a kingdom of the Old World. 1963 J. Fowles ii. 182 There were great reaches of clear sky. 1980 M. Thelwell i. 30 Bringing..coconuts from the far reaches of the Pacific. 1994 22 Nov. c1/3 The Nenets, who wander across the northernmost reaches of the Siberian Arctic..and live year-round in reindeerskin tepees. 2005 A. Burdick (2006) xiv. 179 The mosquito has been pushed on cushions of air to the far reaches of the Tube system. the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time 1654 T. Gage 74 Our ordination hath sprung from a clear Fountain..and in the first Reach of the Primitive times ran very clear without corruptions..In the second Reach..it ran more muddy. 1814 L. Hunt 49 His look with the reach of past ages was wise. 1869 J. Phillips xii. 323 Some mountains are now constantly active, and have been so in all the reach of history. 1928 67 134 The enormously long reaches of time of the Eocene epoch. 1968 21 Apr. 6/5 In the long reach of history you..are worth little more than a modest-sized bomb, i.e., the cost to the nation of rearing you. the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of > continuous stretch of 1827 J. W. Lake in T. Moore p. xv/1 The spirit of the reader is borne passively through long reaches of delight. 1839 H. Hallam III. ii. 118 A prodigious reach of learning distinguishes the theologians of these fifty years. 1869 E. M. Goulburn iv. 31 A reach of love, and wisdom, and power to which it is impossible to set bounds. 1955 9 May 3/3 The action therefore slows almost to a standstill in the middle reaches of the play. 1971 J. B. Carroll et al. p. xxxvi Hapax legomena..come from almost anywhere in the lower reaches of the theoretical type distribution. 1990 P. Bailey 149 Twelve years earlier I had dreamed of scaling the highest reaches of the actor's art. the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] 1849 H. Miller 10 The marine and fresh-water animals having each their own reaches. 2005 C. Lambird 163 The rains fell heavier than before, as the winds took their cue, and took the rain beyond its own reaches. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > head > white or dark mark on face 1857 T. Wright II. 789/1 Reach, a white mark down a horse's face. 1897 M. H. Hayes (ed. 2) xx. 222 If it runs down the nose in the form of a line of no great width, it is known as a ‘reach’ or ‘stripe’. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > shaft(s) or pole 1869 Aug. 478 The Reach, or Bearing-shaft [of a bicycle], is the most important portion. 1875 E. H. Knight III. 1887/1 A reach for a certain description of city wagon is shown in Fig. 4190. 1961 36 273 Reach, n. The steel shaft connecting a tractor and a trailer. 1978 A. Fenton xxxviii. 294 An English plew..a wheel pleugh with the box, and Iron axle reach and sheir. II. Power of, or capacity for, reaching. 5. the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching > extent to which a person, etc., can reach a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) x. xii. 65 [The hunter] standand far on dreich with dart and speir Assoverit of hys reik, the beste assays. 1569 T. Blague 97 A Foxe..espyed faire clusters of Grapes which were ripe..and bicause they were past his reach, he thought to find some shift to gette them. 1578 J. Lyly f. 22 Kinges haue long armes & rulers large reches. 1599 W. Shakespeare iii. v. 85 The Traytor murderer liues..from the reach of these my hands. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 126 in This Horse (I may say) had a long-reach. 1667 J. Milton ix. 591 High from ground the branches would require Thy utmost reach . View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer 177 The Tigre seeing them out of his reach..falls a Roaring. 1707 S. Centlivre ii. i. 20 I was oblig'd to Fight him; and Egad if I had not understood Fencing very well, I had been whipt thro' the Lungs, for he had a cursed long Reach. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in 241 Who..plucks the fruit plac'd more within his reach. 1797 W. Anderson viii. 45 Their prayers and invocations are no more effectual..than the short reach and pitiful strength of their arms. 1871 D. G. Rossetti lxxxii How the Prince Sunned himself out of Dante's reach. 1890 W. Camp in Aug. 831/1 The catcher..must begin by a resolution..to consider no ball beyond his reach, no matter how wild. 1897 562/2 Their reach forward is prodigious, as I found..when my horse's hind hoof cut the heel clean off my boot. 1915 W. Cather vi. vi. 432 The tea-table and the little room..seemed to be out of scale with her long step, her long reach, and the energy of her movements. 1978 M. Amis ii. 29 If the clock is positioned within my reach I'll just lean over, slap off the alarm. 1983 L. Niven (1984) i. 7 His torso was short and burly; his muscular arms and legs had no reach. 2006 (National ed.) 5 July c12/1 Grosso one-timed a shot from 12 yards, curling it beyond the diving reach of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlvi. 40 in (1998) II. 41 Our Rock on Iacobs god we found, Aboue the reach of harmes. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 9 No lawfull meanes can carry me out of his enuies reach . View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall (1660) ii. 106 The Almighty is above all the reach of these unquiet perturbations. a1687 W. Petty (1690) 103 All of these ten Millions of People are obedient to their Sovereign, and within the reach of his power. 1709 E. Ward IV. 128 Each merry Cup, Will lift us up Above the reach of Sorrow. 1776 E. Gibbon I. xiii. 393 He resolved..to place his glory beyond the reach of fortune. 1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander ci, in 102 Just past the reach Of foamy billows he lies cast. 1875 I. 337/1 To plough deeply..places them [sc. weeds] out of the reach of frost. 1898 Jan. 231/1 All over the town men were hurrying hither and thither, some carrying their goods beyond reach of the rising tide. 1951 W. Lewis i. 1 For this voyage at least we were all to be out of reach of human passions. 1985 C. Ozick Shock of Teapots in (1989) 144 The red bus was not within reach of plain sense. Every inch of its interior streamed with unearthliness. 2007 (Nexis) 17 Jan. Be prepared and stack furniture and other possessions beyond the reach of the waters. the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching > extent to which a person, etc., can reach > power of reaching far 1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix in Sept. 384 Although he has weight, length, and reach,..yet has he lost every battle. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > qualities of boxer 1840 D. Walker 106 Greater flexibility is allowed to the right leg in moving forward to gain distance upon an adversary, or..in retiring from his reach. 1897 5 Feb. 169 Boxing.—Captain Talbot and Mr. Bagnall engaged the attention of the spectators..but the latter was too light for the weight and reach against him. 1911 12 Feb. 1/2 Morrow has an unusually long reach for a boxer of his height. 1951 30 Mar. 11/3 He quickly found that O'Hara, his opponent, was longer in the reach. 1990 (Nexis) 3 July (Brandon Times) 4 Breland has advantages in height (he is 6-2), reach (Breland's arm span is 77 inches, Wright's 71) and fight experience. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > reach 1851 F. Lillywhite (ed. 4) 18 A good length ball depends entirely upon the size and reach of a batsman. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji iii. 69 Batsmen vary greatly as to their ‘reach’—that is, the distance they can safely play forward or advance the bat in making a drive. 1910 9 Aug. 4/2 Men with a very long reach and an exceptionally good eye may play forward with safety. 2006 (Nexis) 2 Dec. (Sports section) He was continually confounded by the batsman's long reach, sharp eye, light feet and fast hands. 6. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] > intellectual range 1533 T. More iv. xi. f. ccxxv Though yt be aboue the reche of his reason. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. George Plantagenet f. lxxviiv The eye eterne all thing foreseeth..For ylls to yll to vs, bee good to it, So farre his skilles excede our reach of wit. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 4 b Matters that passed common capacitie of man, and aboue the retch of naturall knowledge. 1662 E. Stillingfleet ii. vi. §2 The events..must be such as do exceed the reach of any created intellect. 1725 I. Watts ii. v. 414 Matters of Fact..which lye beyond the Reach of our own personal Notice. 1744 G. Berkeley (ESTC T72826) §337 The most refined human intellect, exerted to its utmost reach. 1794 A. L. Barbauld 37 Let us not imagine that political knowledge is beyond the sphere of our duties, or the reach of our understandings. 1841 R. W. Emerson 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) i. 13 The resemblance is nowise obvious to the senses, but is occult and out of the reach of the understanding. 1860 J. Abbott i. 36 A great desire has been felt to discover the general conditions and laws, if such there are within the reach of human observation. 1911 J. Muir 325 When we look into any of her operations that lie within reach of our minds, we learn that no particle of her material is wasted or worn out. 1954 J. Cheever in 10 Apr. 29/1 He was proud of the retentiveness and reach of his memory. 1963 Z. A. Jordan iii. xi. 228 By denying that knowledge is relative to the mind, Marxist-Leninist thinkers put reality beyond the reach of the mind. 2001 J. Quitslund 14 Anyone who has exercised much curiosity..begins at some point to stand in awe of the reach of his mind..and the depth of his understanding. 1609 R. Armin sig. F1v Such deeds must haue a reach of wit To baffill such as he. 1657 J. Sergeant 261 Hath not this Dr. of Divinity a strange reach of reason? 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont 5 Those who have a sufficient Reach of Understanding to comprehend the..ordinary Course of Nature. 1773 21 Perhaps no Child of my Years had ever more Cunning, or a readier Reach of Thought. 1852 H. B. Stowe II. xxii. 67 Yet she often dropped, unconsciously, words of such a reach of thought, and strange unworldly wisdom, that they seemed to be an inspiration. 1881 H. James I. vi. 60 These excellent people never withheld their admiration from a reach of intellect of which they themselves were not conscious. 1910 H. Walker ii. iii. 340 Newman had a reach of thought and a boldness of imagination which none of the other Catholic poets could rival. 1964 35 378 Religion is more than private and demands a reach of understanding that transcends the personal. 7. the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > range the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > range of thought the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > range of scholarship 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus i. §23 This saiyng..whiche is fathered on Socrates.., What is aboue our reach, we haue naught to doe withall. 1572 H. Middlemore in H. Ellis (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 5 I sayd they were matters owt of my reache, and farre from myne acquayntawnce. 1586 A. Day i. To Rdr. sig. **2v The ignorant..hereof, whose reach hath not byn so ample as others. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 168 His high reach and deep wit, whereby he apprehended the knowledge of all things vnder the cope of heauen. 1613 S. Purchas i. xii. 53 Many things they [sc. Planets] foretold to Alexander,..beyond the reach of men. 1667 J. Milton x. 793 Let this appease The doubt, since humane reach no further knows. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton 62 Which herein Happ'ly had ends above my reach to know. View more context for this quotation 1711 A. Pope 6 Be sure your self and your own Reach to know, How far your Genius, Taste, and Learning go. 1750 S. Johnson No. 79. ⁋3 Has a long reach in detecting the projects of his acquaintance. 1776 H. Cowley III. 29 Look ye Madam—you have a great understanding to be sure—and I confess you talk above my reach. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in (1877) 663 Nothing beyond the reach of any man of good parts. 1879 F. Harrison (1886) 3 A pathless immensity beyond our powers of vision or of reach. a1979 J. Grenfell (1983) i. 67 And already they are out of reach. I can't seem to speak their language. 1989 W. Percy in C. Anthony 186 What I'd begin to see, catch on to, was the great happy reach and play of the poet at the top of his form. 1995 29 Apr. 26/4 Even the concert hall finale..sheds scant light on the novel's theme... The book's exact significance hangs defiantly out of reach. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 194 He perceyuing his great reache and policie..sawe there was no remedy, but by playne force or slight to bring him to the fight. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 143/1 in (new ed.) II In matters of policie he was verie prudent, and of a great reach. 1603 R. Knolles 1128 A man of greater reach and courage. 1641 J. Milton 69 Men more audacious, and precipitant, then of solid and deep reach. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 103 in They that had a deeper reach, were not so positive in their judgments. 1710 R. Steele No. 246. ⁋8 Plumbeus acknowledges Levis a Man of a great Reach. 1763 J. Brown v. 54 If one..delivered his Stories in Verse, another of inferior Reach and Invention would naturally give them..in plain Prose. 1875 E. C. Stedman (ed. 13) 151 To claim that they have been overrated, and are not men of high reach. 8. the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of 1546 J. Heywood Pref. sig. A v Theyr sentences include so large a reache. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Math. Præf. sig. dij These wordes..the reach of their meaning, is farther, then you woulde lightly imagine. 1599 T. Heywood sig. M4 God doth knowe my simple witte. Can never found a iudgement of such reach. 1607 S. Hieron 107 His wordes are set vpon the tainter, and stretcht beyond their retche. 1711 A. Pope 11 Thus Pegasus..May boldly deviate from the common Track..And snatch a Grace beyond the Reach of Art. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil (1753) I. iv. 289 The space between heaven and earth marks out the vast reach and capacity of Homer's ideas. 1858 H. T. Buckle (1869) II. vii. 378 When we compare the shortness of his life with the reach and depth of his views. 1875 W. D. Whitney vi. 100 A process of wide reach and abundant results in English. 1963 P. W. Lyon Pref. p. vii The reach of his innovations still affects us all today. 1981 M. Leitch ix. 78 The word Bonner was searching for didn't exist, or, if it did, it hovered beyond the reaches of his vocabulary. 2002 J. W. Markham 258 The internationalization of finance and business caused law firms to react by expanding their own reaches. society > communication > broadcasting > audience > [noun] > size of 1959 E. F. Seehafer (ed. 2) iv. 104 Reach, or cumulative audience, may be defined as the number of different homes tuned to a specific program over a given period of time. 1961 11 Sept. ii. 117/1 On two similar schedules, Station ‘A’ has the greater reach. 1984 26 Jan. 25/2 The channel's ‘reach’ figure..was 51.2 per cent. 1994 14 June i. 8/3 The Breakfast Programme..peaks at about 160,000 listeners, but its daily reach—the number of people tuning in for at least 15 minutes—is 400,000. 2003 7 Mar. 10/6 The BBC has 46 local radio stations and..they have a 22 per cent adult weekly reach. 9. Capacity or power to perform or achieve some action, attain to some state or condition, etc. Chiefly in prepositional phrases, as above (also beyond) a person's reach, beyond (also within) the reach of. the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > ability to 1556 J. Standish H vv I wyl not medel with this matter: it ferre passeth my reache. 1592 G. Babington (l.) §9 The mouing of others..to consider what wanteth to a multitude in this land, and to relieue them according to their reaches. 1648 in J. Stuart (1841) I. 53 If euer it fall in my reach to doe yow..seruice. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville 197 Those..cost such vast Sums, that they seem to me above the Reach of the most wealthy private Gentleman. 1785 W. Cowper iii. 40 The fault is obstinate, and cure beyond our reach. 1819 W. Irving i. 30 His life..presents a picture of active, yet simple and imitable virtues, which are within every man's reach. 1880 L. Stephen vii. 163 Anything like sustained reasoning was beyond his reach. 1948 D. W. Riddle i. 13 He could never become President. But if this office was beyond his reach, he did not so concede any other. 1989 G. Daly iii. 122 Respectability and the security that came with it seemed hopelessly out of her reach. 2003 30 222/2 Now that Lipsius has returned, even seemingly impossible feats can come within his reach. 1611 C. Tourneur (new ed.) ii. sig. E3 Any circumstance That stood within the reach of the designe, Of persons, dispositions, matter, time or place. 1690 J. Locke ii. xxi. 122 In respect of Actions, within the reach of such a power in him. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé iii. 91 A very great design with a long reach, and contrived with much judgment. 1800–24 T. Campbell ii Dora's eyes of heavenly blue Pass all painting's reach. 1865 M. Arnold ii. 50 The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power. 1919 F. A. Cleveland 28 Incorporated combinations of capital beyond the reach of the law in the exercise of powers and privileges. 1958 Visct. Montgomery (1961) 273 Two and a half months of bitter fighting..have brought the end of the war in Europe within sight, almost within reach. 1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in II. 6 A man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a Heaven for? 1902 11 172 The controlling conviction is that ‘a man's reach should exceed his grasp’. 1934 M. Sherwood iii. 144 ‘Vast ideas’ stretched out before him, but his ‘reach’ too far exceeded his ‘grasp’. 1947 60 731 His essay is more to be commended for its reach than for its grasp. 1990 19 Feb. 29/1 A singer whose vocal reach truly exceeds his octave grasp. 2005 3 Apr. iv. 13/3 And Mr. Spitzer must think big, because he wants to be governor. But now his reach has officially exceeded his grasp. 10. The distance that a thing can carry or traverse; range. Frequently in prepositional phrases, as beyond (also out of, within) (the) reach of, etc. the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > range of gun or shot 1572 J. Sadler tr. Vegetius viii. f. 33v Leaste it bee within the reache of oure ennemies arrowes, when they caste them from hyghe places ouer oure heades. 1591 T. Digges (rev. ed.) 179 The first parte of the violent course of Gunners, commonly termed the peeces pointe blanke reache. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 28 in They could not go by, without coming within reach of our Muskets. 1698 tr. F. Froger 21 In order to level the shot within reach of the Place. 1714 10 May 1/2 His Ship was in reach of the Fort, who fired several shot into her, which obliged them to cut and run out of the reach of their Guns. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter ii. v. 171 Captain Saunders alarmed them unexpectedly with a broadside, when they flattered themselves they were got out of his reach. 1805 in (1899) Nov. 725 We were now without any opponent within reach of our guns. 1852 G. Bancroft I. xiii. 346 Triple line was formed, out of reach of cannon-shot. 1913 J. Muir iv. 156 The loon, who evidently was a fine judge of the reach of his spear, shot it forward quick as a lightning-flash. 1944 9 Oct. 3/1 On one occasion she came within reach of the guns of the German battleship Scharnhorst. 1991 5 Feb. c10/1 Whatever its reach, the Patriot is primarily designed to protect military targets, not to defend cities. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > range or field of 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in 714 He is faine to demonstrate the light a farre off beyond the reache of any mans eyes sight, among the newe found landes. 1590 R. Greene sig. C A Cat may looke at a King, and a swaynes eye hath as high a reach as a Lords looke. 1645 J. Milton Psalm cxxxvi in 16 Above the reach of mortall ey. 1667 J. Milton xi. 380 The Hemisphere of Earth..Stretcht out to amplest reach of prospect lay. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Addison No. 119. ¶2 Those Heavenly Bodies which lie out of Reach of Humane Eyes. 1795 J. Hutton I. 31 The consolidating operation, in general, lies out of the reach of our immediate observation. 1814 W. Wordsworth ix. 397 The sun is fixed, And the infinite magnificence of heaven Within reach of every human eye. View more context for this quotation 1826 T. Bewick (ed. 6) I. 4 [Eagles] often soar out of the reach of human sight. 1875 H. E. Manning xiii. 353 The capacity and the reach of the eye are developed by practice, and by experience. 1901 F. Norris i. iv. 158 Far off there, beyond the reach of vision, unlocalised, strange, a ripple had formed on the still black pool of the night. 1962 R. Wilbur 12 The..deer will slip into perfect shade..the lark avoid the reaches of our eye. 2003 J. Kirkpatrick tr. A. Graafland 77 The..construction is that of a telescope..bringing the infinite space within reach of the eye. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer (new ed.) xii. 185 Rowd on, in reach of an erected voice; The Sirens soone tooke note, without our noice. 1646 J. Shirley 9 Be sure to be within reach of my voice, when I call you. 1673 J. Dryden iii. i None of my Servants are within reach of my voice. 1751 B. Franklin Idea of Eng. School in (1961) IV. 104 Were there but one good Reader in a Neighbourhood, a publick Orator might be heard throughout a Nation..as if they stood within the Reach of his Voice. 1797 A. Radcliffe II. i. 54 The travellers..were soon beyond the reach of the voices. 1850 N. Hawthorne ix. 149 This sagacious, experienced, benevolent old physician..was the very man, of all mankind, to be constantly within reach of his voice. 1886 R. L. Stevenson xiv. 130 Even after they were out of reach of my voice, I still cried and waved to them. 1951 I. Asimov iii. vii. 125 Seize that man. Arrest him, or by Space, I will send every man within reach of my voice out the air lock in the nude. 1990 (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Features section) When we came within the reach of his voice he was telling how William the Conqueror parcelled out the English territory among his followers. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > range 1597 T. Morley 7 That compasse was the reach of most voyces. 1609 J. Davies sig. Cv O had I Art to satisfie Desire..I would vpon this Ground, set such a Straine As should surmount the reach of Voyce, or Braine! a1680 S. Butler (1759) II. 429 All he does is forced, like one that sings above the Reach of his Voice. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1674 (1955) IV. 49 Mrs. Knight, who sung incomparably, & doubtlesse has the greatest reach of any English Woman. 1762 B. Franklin Idea of Eng. School in (1961) IV. 104 My largest glass is G a little below the reach of a common voice. 1826 11 Mar. 157 Velluti gave us the usual share of false notes, particularly in attempting cadences, which are quite beyond the reach of his voice. 1952 26 Feb. 16/5 Pelle is much more successful in the higher reaches of his voice than he is in the middle and lower sections. 1982 (Nexis) 28 Oct. c20/5 Maria Ewing created a..slightly zany Rosina,..tending toward stridency only in the upper reaches of her voice. 2003 (Nexis) 1 Feb. (Features section) What limits most songwriters' melodies, he believes, is the reach of their voices, so he takes singing lessons to extend his range. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [phrase] > having power or possibility of reaching 1659 R. Baxter 51 They should at least have had a Bishop in every City:..for then..They would be nearer their charges, and within reach of them. 1764 H. Walpole i. 25 Far from tranquil on knowing she was within reach of somebody, she knew not whom. 1785 W. Cowper vi. 263 That has..within his reach A scene so friendly to his favourite task. 1806 J. Beresford I. ii. 24 No knife in your pocket, nor house within reach! 1833 H. Martineau ii. 23 Mrs. Temple had never been very happy while within reach of markets and shops. 1897 E. Coues I. 29 The steersman, finding himself within reach of the shore, jumped upon the rock with one of the midmen. 1926 V. E. Shelford 19 Trails..extend throughout the mountains in such a way as to bring the greater part of them within reach. 1947 A. D. Imms (ed. 3) iv. 119 A considerable number of predators lie in wait for their prey, suddenly pouncing upon it when within reach. 1998 7 May a24/4 Community gardens offer cost-free local green space, usually where there is no park at all within reach of the young and the elderly. III. An act of reaching. 13. the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching 1570 P. Levens sig. Ri/2 Reache, porretio [read porrectio]. 1592 R. Greene (new ed.) sig. B 2 Remembring their subtle meanes there, and slye practises here, be prepared against the reaches of any such companions. 1642 D. Rogers Ep. Ded. sig. A2v A few good reaches and affections after holinesse are not enough for us. 1691 J. Norris 188 It must..fan the Flame of our Affections, and make them tend upwards with importunate reaches towards Heavenly Objects. 1711 R. Steele No. 38. ⁋1 Her Fan was to point to somewhat at a Distance, that in the Reach she may discover the Roundness of her Arm. 1825 H. W. Longfellow 22 The woods were bending with a silent reach. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ xxii. 256 A brawny blacksmith..made a reach for him. 1933 14 Dec. 4/3 In making the reach into the machine Mr. Warren's head was caught and his left ear was severed. 1965 S. W. Bijou & D. M. Baer 2 v. 84 A reach for a parent's glasses typically results in a similar outcome. 1991 R. Mistry (1992) 76 ‘My treat, my treat,’ insisted Dinshawji, keeping the little scribbled chit in his outstretched arm to dodge Gustad's reach as they made their way to the cashier. 2000 I. Black iv. 37 If you've done well..you can make a reach for an elite school. the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a person's arm can stretch 1595 M. Mosse iii. 75 Prouided alwaies, that the lender doe not..in the seeking thereof hath too farre a reach, and casteth his eyes vpon some gaine. 1607 E. Topsell 295 Making him fit to take longer reaches without doubling of his Legges. a1680 S. Charnock (1682) 439 Otherwise the reaches of a created..Fancy, would be more extensive than the Power of God. a1750 A. Hill (1753) I. 53 She's all mind; and her immortal name, Eluding death's short reach, shall tread on fame. 1874 T. Hardy II. xix. 226 You needn't take quite such long reaches with your rake. 1884 29 Mar. 5/2 Their pace then began to fall off, and the reach shortened all through the boat. 14. the world > movement > [noun] > stretch or spell of movement 1580 T. Churchyard tr. Ovid (new ed.) i. x. f. 9v In Samothracia there our ship, all weary did remayne, From hence the reach is short, if thou, Scantira seekes to vewe. 1652 P. Heylyn iii. sig. Aaa3v Making two long reaches in his journey hither. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux iii. 24 Then wafting at one Reach, they proudly Pearch On highest Pinnacle of the fatal Church! 1873 H. B. Tristram xv. 290 There was a long reach and many a climb up and down before camp could be reached. 1919 S. P. Orth x. 163 It is a far reach from the democratic laissez faire of Jackson's day to this state dogmatism. 1962 S. Wynter iii. 56 But..it's a far reach to Cockpit Centre and it's a big jar. 1989 Oct. 126/2 Between the..Mountain racetrack and the 944 Turbo's speed, the whole deal makes you sweat for it. And if you want to go fast, you have to make some pretty big reaches. society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > continuous sail on one tack 1622 R. Hawkins xvii. 38 Every night we might see the reach goe contrary to the winde which wee sayled by. 1830 J. F. Cooper II. iv. 65 'Tis by many reaches, that the leeward vessel, gains upon the wind. 1839 T. Hood Pain in Pleasure-boat in 374 Bill, give that sheet another haul—she'll fetch it up this reach. 1884 14 June 783/2 The race back..was, save one little bit, but a run and a reach. 1885 19 Aug. 2 Put the ship about, and kept a half-hour's ratch on the port tack. 1933 H. Allen xxiv. 332 They were tacking in slowly against a land breeze, now on a wide reach to port and now close hauled to windward, while the crew slowly took in sail. 1949 20 June 16/1 From the start to Sandy Point, the skippers had to face a headwind, the next leg..was a reach, while the trip to Poole's Island Light resulted in another beat. 1977 Jan. 14/1 Destiny II will go like a rocket on a reach or a run. 1990 M. L. Frankel 101 We can hold full sail, with the 120 percent genoa, on a close reach up to a 20 knot wind without..losing rudder control. †15. figurative. the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan 1587 N. Trotte in T. Hughes Introd. p. ii Good ladies, uvacquaint [read unacquaint] with cunning reach. 1590 31 Masse Vickar..had a reach in his head. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley (1653) v. sig. H This is my reach, Il'e set some part a-fire of Diaphanta's chamber. 1678 S. Butler iii. ii. 185 But Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their Politick Far-fetches. a1734 R. North (1740) i. ii. §6 34 All which Matters..could not be so done without some private Reach. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in (1842) I. 329 In India this is a reach of deep policy. the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination 1641 sig. D A peece of reach and hazard, beyond my apprehension. 1591 ‘A. Foulweather’ sig. B. 2 Others shall haue their fingers of the nature of Lyme twigges, to get most parte of their liuing with fiue and a reache. 1600 S. Rowlands Satyre iii. sig. D6 He calles for come on fiue, and there it is: Or else heele haue it with fiue and a reach. 1609 T. Dekker sig. C Take heede you my nimble fingred Gentlemen, that come to your possessions by fiue and a reach. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > extra payments 1851 12 ii. 404 Hay-mowing, corn~cutting, etc.,..when the workmen..generally obtain a small ‘reach’ in addition to their daily wages. Compounds 1795 T. Chapman Jrnl. 4 Nov. in (1869) 5 359/2 They appear contented and Happy, having Plenty of fine reach Land. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > transmitters c1871 G. Weissenborn Pl. XIII (caption) Reversing or reach rod. 1972 L. M. Harris 238 Some compartments will have reach rods to bilge drainage valves. 2004 W. A. Burgess et al. (ed. 2) iii. 72 (caption) A convenient device for remote measurement of velocity at grille and register openings using a reach rod. 1889 17 Apr. 1/2 The workmen took with them axes..and reach trucks, the latter to be used in taking away the poles cut down. 1962 2 Nov. 584/1 Until the reach truck appeared, the provision of two hydraulic functions in a fork truck was considered difficult. 2001 5 Dec. c7/7 (advt.) Mount Airy Cold Storage is hiring qualified individuals... Candidates with fork-lift, parallel jack and reach truck experience are appreciated. 1959 29 June 29/1 Placing and positioning the load is done with a reach-type fork attachment which can swing the load 30 degrees each side of center. 1994 D. E. Mulcahy 10.3 Some models are reach types. The third vehicle..is the counterbalanced walkie stacker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † reachn.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reach v.2 Etymology: < reach v.2Compare Old English hrǣcea , in the same sense (one isolated attestation; perhaps a variant of hrāca (see reach v.2), with alteration of the stem vowel after hrǣcan reach v.2):eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. i. 24 Þu scealt þa yfelan ofsetenan wætan utadon þurh spatl & hræcean. Obsolete. rare. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > coughing > clearing throat the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > retching ?1578 W. Patten 32 [He] cleerd hiz vois with a hem & a reach, and spat oout withall. 1663 E. Gayton 79 An Antinomial Cup... The next reach or straine of this vomitary Purge, is Potestas vitae & naecis. 1736 R. Ainsworth A reach, or reaching to vomit, vomendi nisus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2018). reachv.1 Forms: 1. Present stem. α. Old English raecan, Old English ræcan, Old English ræcean, late Old English reæcan, early Middle English raeche, early Middle English ræche, early Middle English reah (transmission error), Middle English reeche, Middle English reiche (northern and north midlands), Middle English reyche (northern and north midlands), Middle English–1500s reche, Middle English–1600s reache, Middle English–1600s rech, 1500s reatche, 1500s– reach, 1600s reatch, 1800s– raich (Irish English (northern)), 1800s– re'ch (regional); English regional 1800s– rache, 1800s– raich, 1800s– reeach (northern and midlands), 1800s– reech, 1800s– reich (northern), 1800s– reighch (Lancashire), 1800s– reitch (northern), 1800s– reych (northern), 1800s– reytch (northern), 1900s– raych; Scottish pre-1700 reache, pre-1700 reatche, pre-1700 reche, pre-1700 reich, pre-1700 reiche, pre-1700 reitche, pre-1700 ryche, pre-1700 1700s– reach; N.E.D. (1903) also records a form late Middle English riche. β. Middle English recche, Middle English rechche, Middle English rehche, late Middle English–1500s retche, 1500s– retch (now English regional and Irish English (northern)); U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1800s rech, 1800s– retch; N.E.D. (1903) also records a form late Middle English ricche. γ. northern Middle English reke, Middle English reque; English regional (northern (chiefly Yorkshire)) 1700s– reik, 1800s reeak, 1800s– rake, 1800s– rayke, 1800s– reak, 1800s– reek, 1800s– reike, 1800s– reyk, 1900s– reack, 1900s– reick; Scottish pre-1700 raike, pre-1700 reeke, pre-1700 reke, pre-1700 1700s–1800s reik, pre-1700 1800s– reak, pre-1700 1900s– raik, pre-1700 (1900s– Shetland) rek, pre-1700 1900s– reyk, 1700s–1800s reek, 1700s–1800s ryke, 1800s raeck, 1800s rike, 1800s ryaak (Aberdeenshire), 1800s– rake, 1800s– reck (Shetland and Orkney), 1900s– raek (Shetland), 1900s– ræk (Shetland), 1900s– rekk (Shetland). δ. Middle English rachche, 1500s ratche, 1500s 1800s– ratch (now English regional), 1800s– wratch (English regional); U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1900s– ratch; Scottish pre-1700 ratche. 2. Past tense. α. Old English hrahte (Northumbrian), Old English ræhte, Old English (Northumbrian)–Middle English rahte, Middle English ragh, Middle English raght, Middle English raghte, Middle English raȝt, Middle English raȝte, Middle English raht, Middle English rahut, Middle English rauȝht, Middle English rauȝt, Middle English rauȝte, Middle English rauȝþe, Middle English rauȝthe, Middle English rauȝtte, Middle English rauht, Middle English rauhte, Middle English raut, Middle English rauth, Middle English rauthe, Middle English rawght, Middle English rawȝht, Middle English rawghte, Middle English rawȝt, Middle English rawȝte, Middle English rawhte, Middle English rawt, Middle English reght, Middle English reighte, Middle English reiȝte, Middle English reyȝte, Middle English right, Middle English–1500s raughte, Middle English– raught (now Scottish and archaic), late Middle English–1500s rought, late Middle English–1500s roughte, 1600s wrought; English regional 1800s rowt (Lancashire), 1800s– raught, 1800s– raut, 1800s– rought, 1800s– wrought (north-west midlands); also Scottish pre-1700 racht, pre-1700 rawcht, pre-1700 rotht, pre-1700 roucht, pre-1700 1800s– raucht, 1700s rawght. β. Middle English recched, late Middle English (1900s– Scottish (Shetland)) retched, 1800s– retch (English regional (Essex)); U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1800s retch', 1800s– retch, 1800s– retched, 1900s– rech, 2000s– rutch. γ. Middle English rached (northern), Middle English rechede, Middle English rechid, Middle English rechide, Middle English reyched, Middle English ryched, Middle English–1500s reched, 1500s– reached, 1600s reachd, 1600s–1800s reacht; English regional 1800s reyched (Lancashire), 1800s– roach (Gloucestershire), 1800s– roached (Northamptonshire); Scottish pre-1700 rached, pre-1700 reatchit, pre-1700 1700s– reached, 1700s reicht; N.E.D. (1903) also records a form late Middle English reychid. δ. Middle English reked (northern); English regional 1800s reacked (Yorkshire), 1800s– roke (Lancashire), 1800s– rokken (Lancashire); Scottish pre-1700 rakit, pre-1700 reaked, pre-1700 reikit, pre-1700 (1800s Shetland) reckit, pre-1700 1800s– raikit, 1700s reekt, 1800s raekit (Shetland), 1800s raiket, 1800s rakid (Orkney), 1800s reckid (Shetland), 1800s reek'd, 1800s reekit, 1800s rekket (Shetland), 1900s– raekid (Shetland), 1900s– recked, 1900s– rekkit (Shetland). ε. 1500s ratcht, 1800s ratched; U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1900s– ratched. 3. Past participle. α. Old English geræht, Old English geraht (non-West Saxon), Middle English raft, Middle English raght, Middle English raȝt, Middle English raht, Middle English rauȝt, Middle English rauht, Middle English rauth, Middle English rawght, Middle English rawȝt, Middle English rawt, Middle English– raught (now archaic), late Middle English ragthe (northern), late Middle English rought, late Middle English yrought; English regional 1700s right (Lancashire), 1800s– raught, 1800s– raut, 1800s– rite (Cheshire), 1800s– rote (Gloucestershire), 1800s– rought; Scottish pre-1700 raucht, pre-1700 rawcht, pre-1700 rocht, 1800s raugh'd; N.E.D. (1903) also records a form Middle English i-rawt. β. Middle English recchid, 1600s recht, 1600s retcht, 1600s 1800s (English regional)– retched; U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1800s– retched, 1900s– rech, 1900s– retch. γ. Middle English rechide, late Middle English reched, 1500s–1600s reacht, 1500s–1700s reatched, 1500s– reached, 1600s reachd, 1800s reicht (English regional (northern)), 1800s reich't (English regional (northern)), 1800s– reeachen (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1800s– roacht (English regional (Oxfordshire)); Scottish pre-1700 reachet, pre-1700 1700s– reached, 1800s reatched; U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1900s– reach. δ. 1800s– ratched (now English regional), 1800s– ratchet (English regional). ε. English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s reacked, 1800s– reyked, 1800s– rocken, 1900s– rokken; Scottish 1800s reakit, 1800s reikd, 1900s– reekit. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian rēka, rētsa, rēsza to hold out, to give, to succeed in touching, to extend over or to, Middle Dutch reiken to stretch out, to give, to succeed in touching, to obtain (Dutch reiken), Middle Low German reiken, rēken to hold out, to give, to extend over or to, Old High German reihhōn, reihhen to grasp, to extend over or to (Middle High German reichen, also in senses ‘to hold out, to bring, to succeed in getting to, to obtain’, German reichen); further etymology uncertain and disputed. In Middle English probably partly also aphetic < Old English gerǣcan (see note). Compare also (probably from the same Germanic base) Old Icelandic reik parting of the hair, Norwegian reik stripe, furrow, groove, parting of the hair. It has been suggested that the Germanic base may be ultimately < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian reižti to stretch (a body part), to strut, Early Irish ríag instrument of torture, torture, and perhaps also classical Latin rigēre (see rigid adj. and n.), and that this base is ultimately a variant of the Indo-European base of rich adj., although this seems doubtful. In some senses (especially senses 6a and 13) perhaps partly merged with rech v. (see discussion at that entry), and this may partly explain forms with Middle English short e (see β. forms of the present stem). However, forms with short e are not restricted to senses paralleled by rech v. in Old English or Middle English. They probably also derive phonologically from the α. forms of the present tense (Old English rǣcan , etc.) by shortening of the stem vowel and perhaps are also analogically inferred from the past tense Middle English raughte (discussed below), following the model of straughte (see β. forms of the past tense of stretch v.). It is apparently coincidental that sense 6b is attested earliest for the β. forms by a small margin (see quot. a1387 at sense 6bβ. ; intransitive use is not attested for rech v. in this sense). In later English regional use, on the other hand, there is some evidence of semantic differentiation between the α. forms or (northern) γ. forms of the present tense on the one hand and the β. forms or δ. forms on the other hand, with the latter predominating especially in sense 6. The δ. forms of the present tense (first recorded in the 15th cent.) are perhaps inferred < past tense raughte , by analogy with caughte (see α. forms of the past tense of catch v.) and laughte (see α. forms of the past tense of latch v.1). However, they perhaps partly also derive phonologically < the β. forms (by lowering of the stem vowel). In Old English the inherited past tense and past participle forms show stem formation without medial -i- : past tense rāhte (see α. forms of past tense and compare Old Frisian rachte ) and past participle gerāht (see α. forms of past participle and compare Old Frisian racht ); compare A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §329 note 4. The West Saxon forms rǣhte , gerǣht show levelling of the present tense stem vowel (which shows i-mutation) to the past tense. Forms such as Middle English raughte derive either < Old English rāhte or (by early shortening) < Old English rǣhte (compare taught , past tense and past participle of teach v.). Forms such as the (rare) Middle English reihte , reght apparently derive < rǣhte . The past tense and past participle raught is now obsolete except in regional and archaic use (compare quot. 1863 at sense 10a). Spellings such as rought and wrought , which are probably influenced by the past tense and past participle forms of reck v. and work v., suggest that the connection of raught with present tense reach could be obscured (compare also raught v. and the explanation of the δ. forms of the present tense suggested above). Past tense forms such as reached (see γ. forms of past tense) and reked (see δ. forms of past tense) and the corresponding past participles are newly formed in Middle English on the basis of the corresponding present tense stems (see α. forms and γ. forms of the present tense; the latter are northern and Scots). However, regional forms such as the past tense roached and the past participle roacht perhaps show influence of forms such as rought , rowt in the vowel. Occasional strong past tense and past participle forms are also found in northern English regional use, but they are apparently not attested before the 19th cent.; compare past tense roke , past participle rokken (perhaps by analogy with forms of break v.) and also past participle reachen . In Old English the prefixed form gerǣcan (compare y- prefix) is also attested in various senses, including several which antedate corresponding senses of the unprefixed verb (especially senses in which the emphasis is on full completion of the action), e.g. ‘to succeed in touching’ (compare sense 9), ‘to obtain, especially by seizing’ (compare sense 5a), ‘to take or snatch’ (compare sense 10a), ‘to strike’ (compare sense 7), ‘to move, go’ (compare sense 13b). Compare also arǣcan areach v., misrǣcan to abuse (compare mis- prefix1). I. To extend a limb, and related senses. 1. the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xxxvi. 247 Ic ræhte mine hond to eow. OE 1620 Under hellecinn in þæt hate fyr, under liges locan, þær hy leomu ræcað to bindenne ond to bærnenne ond to swingenne synna to wite. OE (Claud.) xxxviii. 27 On þæra cilda forðcyme, se oþer ræhte forð his hand. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1934) 24 (MED) Te drake..rahte ut his tunge to þe ile of hire helen. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 19791 To saint petre sco raght [a1400 Fairf. raȝt; a1400 Trin. Cambr. toke] hir hand. c1450 (a1425) (Selden) 10561 (MED) He ryched owt his ryȝt hand [v.r. reched furth his right Arme]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 52 He raught out his right foot and dubbed me in the necke. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 83 (MED) If he haue þrist, drynke he a syrupe of roses..and after, reche out [L. tendat] his armes a lityll. 1565 J. Jewel (1611) 375 Iulius Cæsar raught out his foot for Pompeius Pœnus to kisse. a1656 J. Ussher (1658) 458 In the fight Jonathan reached forth his arme to strick Bacchides. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius 19 Some of us would have reach'd their arms over the Table, to take the Goblet. 1755 A. Ramsay 48 [He] will at naithing stap or stand, That reeks him out a helping hand. 1778 R. Cumberland v. 91 Now, my fair betroth'd, reach forth thine hand, And touch this golden symbol. 1824 3 10/2 That I need not fall I reached my hand down to the beam, and sat down upon it. 1850 Ld. Tennyson lxxviii. 110 Unused example from the grave, [shall] Reach out dead hands to comfort me. View more context for this quotation 1881 H. James III. xiii. 192 The secondary effect of the revelation was to make Isabel reach out her hand to her. 1916 E. H. Porter xviii. 226 He reached forth an eager hand and..almost clutched the gold. 1983 S. Cooper xi. 92 She stretched happily, reaching her face up to the sunshine. 1992 P. Auster (1993) i. 9 It's as if..I could still reach out my hand and touch him. the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > aim at > aim (a blow, weapon, etc.) OE tr. Defensor (1969) lxxviii. 403 Sepe enim ea in quibus cogitationum nostrarum sensum porrigimus quodam mentis excessu reuelante dum requiescimus uidemus : oft soþlice þa on þam geþanca ura andgyt we ræceað sumum geþances onbecyme onwreondum þænne we restað we geseoð. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in 840 He would his impudent lewde speache Against Gods holie Ministers oft reach. 1581 T. Howell sig. I.jv Recante in tyme, least Ioue reach forth his rod. 1596 E. Spenser iv. iii. sig. C7v At that instant reaching forth his sweard..[h]e Stroke him. View more context for this quotation 1631 MS 78b The said John..brak the samyn [sc. sword] and with the breaking therof reatchit it throw his awin arme. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in 113 All approach the slain..And scarce secure, reach out their Spears afar, And blood their Points. 1827 W. Tennant 93 He raucht his halbert up, and brack An image that stood starin' out. 1857 D. H. Strother xv. 278 Whose heart has not leaped when Christian nimbly reached out his sword to give Apollyon that last victorious thrust? the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > grow in a specific manner [verb (transitive)] > extend branches 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher v. iv. 53 He shall flourish, And like a Mountaine Cedar, reach his branches, To all the Plaines about him. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton v. 213 Where any row Of Fruit-trees..reachd too farr Thir pamperd boughes. View more context for this quotation 1894 Sept. 97/2 The tumbling waters, the long lines of beech trees, maples and beeches that reached their branches over it [etc.]. 1915 J. Farnol xli. 322 The mighty boles of stately trees that reached out sinuous boughs one to another. 2. the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > specific part of body OE 748 Nam þa mid handa higeþihtigne rinc on ræste, ræhte ongean feond mid folme. a1250 (?a1200) (Nero) (1952) 153 Hwon god beot þe, recheð forð mid boþe honden, vor wið drawe he his hond. c1300 St. Andrew (Harl.) 95 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 546 (MED) Here armes whan hi vpward reiȝte bicome as stif as treo. c1430 N. Love (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 199 (MED) In euery side of the square borde thre disciples seten..so that they alle myȝte reche in to the myddes and ete of one disshe. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 33 The ye to se..the fote to go & hand to hold & rech. 1578 T. Proctor sig. biiv I speake, I pray: yet lacke the thing I should I see that I do want: I reach, it runnes mee fro. 1584 R. Greene To Rdr. sig. Aiv So Gentlemen,..I haue before time rashly recht aboue my pitch. 1612 216 Lett her not..ratche fare and bewar of all thinges that may muche strane her bodye. 1635 F. Quarles ii. ii. 69 How our hands can retch Beyond their distance! 1667 J. Milton ix. 779 What hinders then To reach, and feed at once both Bodie and Mind? View more context for this quotation 1740 G. Jones 18 All we possess here..is as much the Gift of God, as if His visible Hand reached out from Heaven to convey it into ours. ?a1786 R. Burns (1968) I. 202 Let me ryke up to dight that tear. 1831 May 862 This said, he reached to take his son; who, of his arms afraid..Nodded so horribly. 1857 B. H. Channing xvii. 123 I reached up to touch..one of the great marble men. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ viii. 79 Sellers reached out and touched a bell-button. 1934 H. Roth i. x. 73 He reached into his coat pocket. 1997 K. O'Riordan ii. 35 When his crying subsided, she staggered to her feet, reached down and scooped him up. He clung to her. 2005 C. Cleave 38 I took off my trainers and my socks and I handed them to him. He reached out and took them like a lemon. OE 435 Ræhte þa mid handum to heofencyninge, bæd meotod miltse. a1400 (?c1300) (Egerton) l. 2445 Þe lionesse seyȝe þat sight And rauȝt [1457 Naples ranne] to B[eues]. c1540 (?a1400) 10882 Ho raght to hym radly, reft hym his sheld. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. iv. 7/1 in (new ed.) II But these two..raught to their weapons. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus 192 Reach to the Pompions, there's an end of the Lettices. 1737 H. Baker tr. Ovid in I. 207 Whate'er she touches with her Fingers, eat: And brush her Hand in reaching to the Meat. 1771 H. Mackenzie xxvi. 99 He was reaching to the bell; she understood his meaning, and prevented him. 1856 C. L. Hentz xiii. 78 He reached up to a branch that bent over the way-side, and breaking it off, began to strip it of its green leaves. 1863 J. Bellamy tr. viii. 21/2 He reached to me, and caused me to stand upon my station. 1906 M. J. Cawein 45 Both my arms reached out to her Despite my soul's despair. 1997 J. M. Beaumont 85 A hand reaches to the switch of the magnanimous lamp. c1387–95 G. Chaucer 136 Ful semely after hir mete she raughte [v.rr. raghte, rawhte]. ?1585 W. C. sig. O3 Hetruria would naturally comfort his old age, as especially reaching after the preferment of Lorde Nearich Duke Bendals sonne. 1598 sig. C2v He [sc. a bear] reached after me, And hardly I did oft escape his pawes. 1631 J. Henshaw (ed. 2) 32 Wee are so much Adams sonnes in nothing as in our disobedience, ever reaching after that wee should not. 1691 J. Ray Ream, to stretch out the hand to take anything; to reach after. 1698 W. Bates x. 227 Rejoycing in hope of the Glory of God, which we are reaching after, and pressing towards, as we trust you are also. 1766 H. Brooke II. ix. 135 Here also we discover why the Bliss, which we reach after, eludes our Grasp. 1799 W. Godwin III. ii. 44 The man who has many gratifications, is apt to..reach after things yet untried. 1827 R. Pollok I. ix. 188 The youth, Who, in the glowing morn of vigorous life, High reaching after great religious deeds, Was suddenly cut off. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ iii. 35 I saw a long spy-glass lying on a desk..and reached after it. 1909 M. J. Cawein 86 Old Sis Snow..Sticks her long white fingers through Every crack and cranny too, Reaching after me and you. 1979 14 Apr. From her earliest childhood, she was reaching after new experiences, intellectual guidance, inspiration, acceptance. 2003 T. Skutnabb-Kangas in C. Mair 57 What the statute and the lawyers and judges do..is to..reach after certainty and transparency. the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > grasp at or clutch at 1542 T. Elyot Adrepo,..to reache at a thynge, to take it with violence, to crepe to. 1555 J. Heywood sig. B.vi Master Sexten..Gredily raught at a goblet of wyne. 1594 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 11 Reach at it [sc. King Henries Crowne]. 1655 T. Fuller ix. Ded. 48 The Third reached not at all at Honor. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil 341 Besides Diores does as loud exclaim: Who vainly reaches at the last Reward. 1732 D. Neal I. ii. 78 Stretching the Laws to reach at those whom they could not fairly come at an other way. 1765 H. Brooke (Dublin ed.) I. vi. 196 Reaching at the Rod, he seized his shrinking Prey, as a Kite trusses a Robin. 1818 J. Keats iii. 123 Wherefore reach At things which, but for thee,..Had been my dreary death? 1892 E. Arnold 22 Asenath Reached at his waist-cloth, rending it atwain. 1902 S. Phillips ii. ii. 84 Tantalus in his eternal thirst Still reaching at the fruit he may not grasp. 1983 P. Marshall i. 10 A minute later found her back at the closet, blindly reaching and snatching at whatever came to her hand in the darkness. the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > attempt to obtain or attain c1571 E. Campion (1963) ii. ix. 129 A gentilman..raught in the morninge when he rose for some od paper. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in sig. Q3v Rouzing vp himselfe, for his rough hide He gan to reach. 1607 i. sig. E 4v (stage direct.) Reach for the yeard, and the boy stay her hand. a1652 A. Wilson (1653) 2 Any other Hand that should have reacht for the Crown, might a caught a Cloud of Confusion. 1722 D. Defoe 198 The Apothecary's Apprentice..was..looking and reaching up to the upper Shelf for something he wanted. 1737 S. Berington 36 I was..reaching for my Sword to defend myself to the last Gasp. 1787 J. Barlow iv. 139 Where the flames open, lo! their arms, in vain, Reach out for help, distorted with the pain! 1839 N. P. Willis Dying to lose Him v. iii, in 243 I have given For thy dear love, the eyes I had to see it, The ears to hear it. I have broke my heart In reaching for't. 1878 F. H. Hart 151 ‘Here's four bullets,’ said Brown, as he reached for the pot. 1915 J. P. Bourke 182 He reaches for a bottle of Glen Shicker on the shelf. 1996 C. Bateman xl. 318 I reached for the phone. 2000 (Nexis) 3 Sept. m16 It's light-hearted fluff with a positive message (Reach for the stars, follow your heart, climb every mountain blah blah blah). 1646 P. Bulkley ii. 131 The soule is of an intelligent nature, reaching after the knowledge of high and hidden things. 1847 273 The mind reaches out for words to express its emotions and finds none. 1870 J. H. Newman i. v. 109 His mind reaches forward with a strong presentiment to the thought of a Moral Governor. 1912 No. 153. 166 Groups and agencies which are planning to reach out to low-income families with educational efforts in the area of sound family life. 1935 W. G. Hardy iv. i. 349 But Abraham strode along and snuffed the air and was tender to Sarai as he helped her on and felt his whole heart reaching out to her. 1940 13 Oct. p. A/1 We must reach out to the young people who have to make their own way in the world, frequently unprepared. 1964 K. Hanson Pref. p. vii The agency's 170 street club workers, men and women whose job it is to reach out to those hard-to-reach youngsters. 1965 D. M. Frame v. 82 Again and again in his late years Montaigne reaches out for a friend. 1989 E. S. Person iv. 111 The lover, overwhelmed and unsupported in the midst of crises, reaches out for sustenance. 1993 Q Jan. 22/2 The planetary mind of the Goddess is reaching out to us in our dreams. 2004 S. Mehta 435 He has reached out to a boy he has met half an hour ago and tried to make his life better. society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender > raise hands in surrender 1906 4 Sept. 8 (headline) Hold-up men compelled him to reach for the sky while they rifled his pockets. 1910 W. M. Raine ii. 25 Now reach for the roof. 1927 Dec. 6/3 I reached for the stars pronto, without even turning my head. 1931 W. James 42 ‘Stick em up,’ I says... One of 'em flinches some but finally reaches for the sky. 1964 in R. D. Abrahams ii. iv. 165 Jesse James said, ‘Everybody reach, and reach in the air. And put that money in the sack there.’ 1966 D. Wagoner 18 He felt like breaking a bank or jumping over a railing Into some panicky teller's cage to shout, ‘Reach for the ceiling!’ 2001 G. D. Gold 434 The man stepped over the corpse and walked, guns extended... Where was the excited command to reach for the sky? the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] 1952 B. Wolfe in Dec. 69 Belvedere on Mount Sinai? It hasn't got the right feel. You're reaching. 1960 ‘E. McBain’ x. 106 This may be reaching, but here it is anyway, for what it's worth. 1978 R. Ludlum xviii. 212 ‘Aren't you reaching, Miles?’.. ‘I said it was a theory, but not without some support.’ 2000 D. Brown liv. 167 You're reaching! Langdon told himself, trying to push it from his mind. A meaningless coincidence! 3. the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > hand to or put before a person the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > succeed in or achieve a purpose eOE xxix. 61 Hærfest to honda herbuendum ripa [bleda] receð. OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxiv. 30 Þa he mid him sæt he onfeng hlaf & hine bletsude & bræc & him ræhte [c1200 Hatton heom rahte]. a1350 in G. L. Brook (1968) 42 (MED) Ryht were þat me raht þe mon þat al day wraht þe more mede anyht. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 3682 (MED) His modir him þis mete bitauȝt, he hit to his fadir rauȝt. c1450 ( G. Chaucer 47 Upon my bed I sat upright And bad oon reche me a book. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 35 (MED) His stappemoder rechid to hym a pece that he myȝhte drynke. c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 214 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 53 Quhare nan mycht.., na met na drink na cleth [hir] rek. 1535 Ruth iii. 15 Reach me the cloke yt thou hast on the, & holde it forth. 1581 in (1584) ii. sig. M iij The Greke testament being reached vnto him, he refused to reade it. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher iv. ii. 3 Reach a Chaire, So now (me thinkes) I feele a little ease. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller i. 2 It pleased God with a strong hand, and stretched-out Arme, to reach the Gospel unto them. 1738 J. Swift 153 Miss, will you reach me that Glass of Jelly? a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron (1775) I. vi. 35 Pray reach me the chamber-pot, quoth Rancour. 1846 E. A. Poe in Nov. 217/1 I broke and reached him a flaçon of De Grâve. 1867 W. Morris vii. 123 Therewith she reached the cup to him. 1877 H. H. Boyesen ii. ii. 108 He..reached her a red handkerchief with something heavy bound up in a corner. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald iv. 73 Reach me a rose, honey, and pour me a last drop into that there crystal glass. 2003 A. Binning x. 150 Freddy—reach me the Lismer tape there. the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up OE Homily (Bodl. 340) in D. G. Scragg (1992) 37 Þa genaman heo spingan & mid ecede gefyldan & mid ysopan þa wyrt utan befeoldon, & him þa up to ræhton. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 758 (MED) Þou seis me, lede, or oȝt lange in þi lande armed, And oþire recouyre me þi rewme or reche vp þe girdill. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 817 (MED) Þis renke & his rounsy þai reche vp a croune. c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne 176 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale (1930) 865 (MED) He recheth her forth haluenndele a cheyne, And she rawȝte hit hym aȝeyne and seyde she ne rowȝte. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in (1998) I. 44 Thai..raucht the cop round about, full off riche wynis. 1576 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini 52 She reaching him foorth to him, added moreover. Holde heere, for I will give him to thee. 1631 J. Weever 517 I caused some of the Nailes to be reached vp to me. 1642 D. Rogers 172 Beg of the Lord to reach you out the Lord Jesus. 1769 H. Brooke IV. xvii. 38 The burdened Trees reached forth Fruits of irresistible Temptation. 1798 T. J. Mathias 21 Reach me forth the temper'd blade. 1844 E. A. Friedlænder tr. W. Meinhold viii. 33 As the child saw, that I reached forth the bread she shouted at that moment for joy, and began to jump upon the bench. 1866 C. Kingsley I. iv. 146 The beaker I reach back More rich than I took it. 1914 R. L. Frost 60 Reach me down The little tin box on the cupboard shelf. 1963 J. C. Bruce xvi. 217 John slid an oar into a folded raft and reached it up to Clarence. 1979 J. J. Graham 68/1 Reck du me fiddle doon, an I'se play you twartree springs. the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf (1927) 41 Tribue defensionis auxilium : ræc scildnisse fultume. lOE (Faust.) 139 Þara anra, þe for neode him þenunge æt þæs mynstres ingange ræcan scylon. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 5308 (MED) I sal þe to þe king be teche, And siþen þe mi blissing reche [a1400 Fairf. reyche]. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 1369 (MED) Uche duk..Schulde com to his cort..to reche hym reverens. a1450 (1969) l. 3022 Þe ryth red þou me reche. a1500 (c1400) (1977) 280 (MED) Say me of þi soule in sele quere ho wonnes, And of þe riche restorment þat raȝt hyr oure Lorde. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 725 in (1981) 31 Heir I reik the [= thee] full remissioun. 1584–9 J. Maxwall f. 4b The cownsell of trew freindis reikis Sweitnes to the sawll that is meitt. 1659 H. Hammond (cxv. 1 Paraphr.) 578 Unworthy of the least of all thy goodness, abundantly reached out unto us. 1702 N. Rowe (ed. 2) ii. i. 16 Thro' such Hands The Knowledge of the Gods is reach'd to Man. 1762 J. Green 8 This generous principle excites us instantly to reach out what help we can for removing or abating the misery before us. 1918 ‘Enedeen’ 256 Striving, I say, to stretch out and reach me a share of help. 4. the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] OE tr. Defensor (1969) xxviii. 206 Religiosus numquam uinum redoleat, ne audiat illud philosophi: hoc non est osculum porrigere sed propinare : æwfæst næfre win hrenige þæt he na gehyre þæt þeodwitan: þæt nys coss ræcean ac scencean. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) 2351 (MED) Þou kyssedes my clere wyf, þe cossez me raȝtez. 1860 E. B. Browning tr. H. Heine in (1897) 588 Thou hatest me well—Thy little red mouth has told: Let it reach me a kiss, and..I am well consoled. the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) a1400 (?a1350) (Egerton) (1927) 1617 (MED) Suche a strooke he haþ him rauȝt Þat his sheld fel al to nouȝt. c1450 (c1400) (1881) 1347 (MED) He raught a stroke to Ferumbras. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) ii. 423 To Philip sic rout he raucht,..He gert him galay disyly. 1508 (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bvv Schir rannald raught to ye renk ane rout wes vnryde. a1556 N. Udall (?1566) iv. iv. sig. G.j I with my distaffe will reache hym one rappe. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Irelande i. 17/1 in I Gegathus raught Haco such a wound, that the vpper part of his liuer appeared bare. 1666 W. Sancroft 24 God hath reacht us now an Universal Stroke. 1675 C. Cotton (1765) 220 If I reach one of you a Douse, You'll learn more Manners than to brabble. 1739 in (1788) 504 Rawght him a rap o' the forestamm. 1766 H. Brooke II. xi. 201 A sudden Punch which he reached at the Nose of his Lordship. 1818 2 21/2 [It] would reach a blow to the piety and the character of our population. 1847 T. Chalmers II. 82 Faith..reaches that exterminating blow whereby the body of sin is destroyed. 1903 IV. 392/2 Overtake,..to strike, to reach a blow to one. 1935 P. Green xx. 368 As Boyd Collins tries to evade him, Alvin reaches him a blow on the side of the face that knocks him down. †5. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort eOE (Parker) anno 885 Þa metton hie xvi scipu wicenga & wiþ ða gefuhton, & þa scipo alle geręhton, & þa men ofslogon. eOE (Parker) anno 914 Hie ne meahton nanne mete geræcan. c1175 (Tiber. B.i) anno 1066 Hi ne micte þa brigge oferstigan, ne sige gerechen.] c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 10684 Þa cleopede Arður..‘Her ich cume, Colgrim; to cuððen wit scullen ræchen..wit scullen þis lond dalen swa þe bið alre laððest.’ c1390 in C. Brown (1924) 153 Þauȝ he beo riht witti and wyse, ȝit luytel þonk he schal him reche. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. 6400 (MED) Þei brake þe lokkes & rauȝt þe good And þe tresour. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 247 (MED) No man..may reche þis grete present But he that hath vertuys excellent. a1542 T. Wyatt (1969) xxxvi. 34 With haples hand no man hath raught Such happe as I. c1600 (?c1395) (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) 733 After þat his rychesse is rauȝt, he schal ben redy serued. 1612 M. Drayton ix. 139 All his diuelish wit, By which he raught the Wreath. 1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres ii. xlv, in (rev. ed.) 25 Then had yee raught Fames richest Diadem. the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 1854 (MED) His rote, wiþ outen wen, He rauȝt bi þe ring. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 229 (MED) A trestille Edward rauht þat heuy was of pais. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 5284 (MED) Scho..Raȝt him by þe riȝt hand & raikis to a chambre. c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 453 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 386 He..hyre in armys racht, & hyre enbrasit. a1500 (a1400) (Adv.) (1930) 196 (MED) He rawȝt [v.r. rawȝht] a bowe ouer hys hede And rosse vpe in that stede. 1543 ( (1812) 195 Great people yt daye the death hath raught. 1587 J. Higgins (new ed.) i. Porrex. f. 44 Can I complayne of this reuenge shee raught? 1591 R. Wilmot iii. iii. sig. D3 She raught the cane And with her owne sweet hand she gaue it me. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. x. 29 The hand of death hath raught him. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller iv. xix. 338 Princes are not to reach, but to trample on recreations. 1667 J. Milton xi. 94 Least..his now bolder hand Reach also of the Tree of Life, and eat. View more context for this quotation the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > specifically of a person > something undesirable c1429 (1986) l. 3576 Of the Jewes cruwelle mykel persecucioune he raght. a1500 (?c1400) (1880) 756 (MED) Of the hethyn hound no harm he reches. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 746 (MED) Alle be itt ye fynde hym þat wil you teche, yet moche trowble & peynes ye may reche. the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (transitive)] > sigh 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 13 Groane sighs deepe reaching with tears his lyers ful he blubbred. 6. the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > stretch out the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > immaterial [verb (transitive)] > extend (something immaterial) the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > esp. of Christ on the cross the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > stretch α. a1300 in R. Morris (1872) 90 (MED) Crist..on rode wes rauht. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 4829 Ȝoure fon ssolle hor poer among ow wide reche. c1390 in C. Brown (1924) 134 (MED) Þat lord þat rauȝt was on þe Roode, He kepe þi comeli cumpayne. a1400 App. iv. 348 He rauhte þe Rolle..Wiþ his teth. c1440 (?a1400) 2549 Than they raughte in the reyne and a-gayne rydes. c1450 tr. Palladius (Bodl. Add.) iv. 682 An huge brest, No litel wombe, and wel out raught the side. 1550 J. Hooper ✠. iii.v The worde of God..[is not] a pece of lether to be stretched and reached out wyth any mans teth. 1607 E. Topsell 215 Whilst the members are reached and stretched with many straines and conuulsions. 1648 H. Hexham Het leder Recken, to Stretch or Reach out leather. 1823 E. Moor at Reech A pair of small shoes require to be reached. the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend > stretch α. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. iv. 148 ‘Bi him þat rauhte [v.rr. rauȝþe, rawt; reste, deiȝede] on þe Roode,’ quod Reson to þe kyng, ‘Bote I Rule þus þi Reame, Rend out my Ribbes!’ (Harl. 221) 425 Rechyn [?a1475 Winch. Recchyn], as lethyr, dilato, extendo. 1570 P. Levens sig. Givv/1 To Reche, distendi. 1823 E. Moor at Reech If your hat be too small it will ‘reech i' the wearing’. society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike with a weapon [verb (transitive)] OE 556 Ic aglæcan orde geræhte, hildebille.] c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 1477 Gij þat on wiþ his swerd rauȝt, His heued of fleye wiþ þat drauȝt. a1375 (c1350) (1867) 1193 (MED) What rink so he rauȝt, he ros neuer after. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 2331 (MED) He rauȝtte Agilon, Þat he cutted his nekbon. c1450 (c1400) (1881) 2923 (MED) Richard raught him with a barr of bras. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) ii. 63 He..rought hym wyth soo grete a myghte, that sterke deed he ouerthrew hym. a1500 (?c1450) 288 (MED) He slough man and horse whom that he raught with his axe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) iii. xxix. f. 360v Anaxius finding Zelmane so neere vnto him, that with little motion he might reach her, knitting all his strength together, at that time mainly foyned at her face. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch 471 Two boies fought together, and one gave the other a mortall wound with a sickle or reaping hooke..quoth he [sc. the wounded boy]..euen I my selfe had done as much for him, if I..could have raught him first. 1609 T. Heywood xii. cvi The inuincible Dardanian with one stroke, Raught Aiax Beauer and unplumed his hed. 1717 T. Stanyan in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid xiii. 456 When stern Debate, and rash injurious Strife Unsheath'd his Sword, to reach Atrides' Life. 8. the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > specific part of body > to a certain length c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) 1623 (MED) Beues..knette þe rop þar while Ase hiȝ ase a miȝte reche. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 11673 (MED) Þe frut hu suld man reche vnto [a1400 Fairf. reyche þer-to] Þat man his hand mai to nan do? c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) 111 in (1934) ii. 387 (MED) With myn hede into [v.r. vnto] the welle a raght, And of the watir dranke I a good draght. 1484 W. Caxton tr. sig. Piiij v By cause that she myght not reche to the water she dyd fyll the boket ful of smal stones in soo moche that the water came upward. 1484 W. Caxton tr. ii. xiii He cowde not reche to the mete with his mouthe. a1500 (?c1450) 344 (MED) He lifte vp his swerde..and he slytte the shelde as fer as that he raught [Fr. ataint]. 1535 Eccl. vii. 23 She wente..so depe that I might not reach vnto her. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 471 By reaching beyond his reach, he reacheth nothing at all. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 290 I am not yet so lowe, But that my nailes can reach vnto thine eyes. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton vi. 140 With solitarie hand Reaching beyond all limit. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift I. ii. vi. 105 For the Spinet was near sixty Foot long..so that, with my Arms extended, I could not reach to above five Keys. ?1760 4 He went to salute her, but he was too short; He scarcely could reach up to her Apron-String. 1846 W. S. Landor II. 641/2 Come, idle Babbo! You alone can reach To the top-branch. 1887 T. Hardy II. iii. 42 After this it was banked in its erect position to a point as high as a man could reach. 1921 F. Hurst iii. ix. 420 Her arm is long enough to touch what she wants. Mine wasn't. I saw it, but I couldn't reach. 1984 (Nexis) 15 July k2 The tendrils cannot reach around a 4-by-4 post. 1992 C. McCarthy (1993) iii. 162 He could reach the pocket but he couldn't reach into it. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 27332 (MED) Als ferre als he may reche [a1400 Fairf. reyche], Þe forme o scrift til him he teche. c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich (1978) 39 (MED) Crucyfexes..er made..to the lyknes of crystes passyon als farfurthe as man ys witte maye reche. 1576 W. Lambarde 228 As farre as I can reache by coniecture. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay iv. 49 What is the vttermost poynt that all our fine conceites can reache vnto? 1611 Lev. v. 7 (margin) His hand cannot reach to the sufficiencie of a lambe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 87 Lu. Melodious were it, would you sing it. Ju. And why not you? Lu. I cannot reach so high. View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall ii. 51 This woman hath herein reached beyond your conceit. 1653 H. More ii. vii. 73 I might now reach out to Exotick Plants. 1783 J. Fletcher Let. Nov. in M. Horne (1791) 296 I cannot take hold on the promise; I don't know which is for me, I cannot reach so far. 1848 W. M. Thackeray lxvi. 323 You..have done your best; but..you couldn't reach up to the height of the attachment I bore you. 2002 S. Umphrey ix. 263 No one can reach that far [sc. to transcendence], Socrates implies. 9. the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touch [verb (transitive)] > succeed in touching the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > succeed in striking the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > succeed in the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > extend so far as to touch > with the hand or something held OE 207 Se hrof..wæs þæt man mid his handa nealice geræcean mihte. OE 168 Eala..þæt ic mid handum ne mæg heofon geræcan, ne mid eagum ne mot up locian.] a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 24464 (MED) Me-thoght moght it apon him rine..And wit mi hand him ans reche..I suld ha ben all hale. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 353 (MED) Moche merueilled me..who tauȝte hem on trees to tymbre so heighe, Þere noither buirn ne beste may her briddes rechen. 1530 J. Palsgrave 680/2 I reche a thyng with my hande... I can nat reache it, myne arme is to shorte. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. in (new ed.) f. 18v Eager Wolues barke at the Moone, though they cannot reach it. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 156 Wilt thou reach stars, because they shine on thee? View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke ii. xvii. 106 Having let down a large portion of his Sounding-line, he reaches no bottom. 1709 S. Centlivre iv. 48 Pray, Madam, take it a little lower, I cannot reach that note. 1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat iv, in R. Dodsley II. 268 She stretch'd in vain to reach the prize. 1776 tr. G. Beccaria i. iii. 26 A man A is insulated in such a fashion that he may with one of his arms reach the insulated Machine. 1847 E. Brontë II. xvi. 320 She was instantly upon her feet again, stretching to reach them, but they were too high up. 1858 C. Kingsley 113 If I could but reach that hand. 1860 E. Kemp (ed. 2) iii. ii. 174 Trees which are growing so closely together that their branches cannot reach the ground. 1931 A. Uttley vi. 74 From the low knobby tree whose branches she could reach when she jumped. 1993 (new ed.) xi. 499/4 You can plug it onto a telescopic extension handle to enable you to reach a ceiling from the floor. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > succeed in obtaining a1571 J. Jewel (1582) sig. P Flesh and bloud cannot reach the knowledge of thy will. 1638 F. Junius 303 Zenodorus..could not reach the art of tempering the metalls as it was used by the ancients. c1709 M. Prior 4 Had I all knowledge..That thought can reach, or science can define. 1782 W. Cowper Charity in 195 Knowledge such as..only sympathy like thine could reach. 1856 J. Aiton (ed. 2) v. 318 Paying a small sum yearly,..according as I could conveniently reach it. 1896 H. O. Taylor I. ii. 27 The Egyptians..never reached an understanding of the force and import of generalized statement. 2004 D. K. Swearer vi. 167 He then reached the knowledge of the never-returner, which weakens all sensual passion and ill will. 10. the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly OE (1942) 142 Frod wæs se fyrdrinc; he let his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, hand wisode þæt he on þam færsceaðan feorh geræhte.] ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) i. f. 92 (MED) Þat bisshop com his folk to preche, þer cristendom fro paen to reche [a1450 Lamb. fro Paen wreche]. c1450 J. Capgrave (1910) 7 (MED) A child..was sodeynly be þe deuele rawt from his faderes armes. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 22 Tybert..raught out his ryght colyon. a1500 (?a1400) (Trin. Dublin) 799* (MED) Þou must rewle all my realm qwen I am raght hyne. a1500 (?c1300) (Chetham) l. 837 Thes knyghtes, that Beues raught fro Bradmond, He led ham fforth. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. (new ed.) Richard III. xx [The king] of kyngdome I bereft, His life also from him I raught away. 1593 T. Nashe f. 87v Many in theyr prime and best yeeres are raught hence. 1634 T. Jackson viii. xix. §12 Those bodies, which being alive shall be raught up into the air. 1718 A. Ramsay iii. 29 They frae a Barn a Kaber raught. 1863 ‘W. Lancaster’ 51 Old confusions, which..Raught from my helm the garland of its praise. the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take to or towards oneself c1440 (?a1400) 2766 (MED) Fawnell..raghte in þe reyne on þe stede ryche And rydes. 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso f. 9v First wold I that the parched earth did riue & raught me in. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in 441 That same [rod] hath Iesus Christ now to him raught. 1660 tr. H. Blum (new ed.) Cb Calimachus..reached unto himselfe the Basket. the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > take down the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > take down the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > push or pull down 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 61 b/1 He..ran and raught doun the Calf that they had made. a1500 (?c1450) 697 (MED) He kneled be-fore the damesell..and the damesell..raught hym vp [Fr. le redrece] be the honde. 1545 R. Ascham i. f. 27 Ill fortune me that daye befell, Whan first my bowe fro the pynne I roughte. 1646 R. Crashaw 79 Old souldiers..that could reach downe, With strong armes their triumphant crowne. 1649 R. Hodges 17 He raught it from the shelf, when I wrought it with him. 1747 W. Collins 7 [The Bard] reach'd from Virtue's Hand the Patriot's Steel. 1830 F. Marryat II. iii. 40 [He] reached down his hat. 1833 J. S. Sands 81 I'm sure that's her (wi' that he rikes't aff The rock) as clear as ony pikestaff. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ viii. 43 She reached from the..shelf her..cup of ink. 1921 V. Woolf Unwritten Novel in 56 Yes, this is Eastbourne. I'll reach it [sc. a bag] down for you. 1995 B. Struthers i. 20 On top of the refrigerator..was a pale blue basket filled with envelopes... Joyce reached it down and pawed through it. II. To arrive at or get to. 11. society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] society > communication > [verb (transitive)] > communicate with > of a communication: to come to, be received by OE (Tiber. B.i) anno 1014 Ða com se cyning Æþelred mid fulre fyrde þyder..to Lindesige, & man þa hergode & bærnde & sloh eal þæt mancynn þæt man ræcan [OE Tiber. B.iv geræcan] mihte. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 1312 Tuo days þei sailed..þat lond no hauen reche þei myght. c1425 (c1400) l. 5485 (MED) Might Ector Thoas haue reched, Schuld neuere man haue him teched. 1563 B. Googe sig. H.viiiv Now was the Son got vp aloft, and raught the mydle Lyne. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus xxv. vi. 273 Sooner than a man would have thought [they] raught the banke on the further side. 1612 J. Donne (1651) 261 Before this Letter reaches you, I presume you will bee gathering towards these parts. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc i. viii. 23 On the land side stands that famous Mountaine Albacoure, or Dartzira; which must be travell'd over to reach hither. 1684 R. Waller tr. 110 The point not onely again reacht the Line, but passed beyond it. 1707 E. Ward 22 Those strong unexpected Turneroes..sometimes reach him as far as Brasil and Jamaica. 1709 R. Steele No. 107. ⁋2 You may easily reach Harwich in a Day. 1785 J. Trusler III. 76 When we reached London..we put up at one of those taverns called hotels. 1808 W. Scott i. xi. 32 The steps of stone, By which you reach the Donjon gate. 1860 J. Tyndall i. xiv. 96 Brought him to rest before he had reached the bottom. 1894 H. Caine iii. xv. 177 Pete's letter had reached him. 1914 July 807/1 With two men down, Eddie Ainsmith, the Washington catcher, reached first on a clean hit. 1959 29 Dec. 6/4 He was sitting up when we reached him but had severe head injuries. 1997 29 Aug. 20/5 We have reached its banks via fearful hazards. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > give sight to [verb (transitive)] > range of sight society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > have range to or over 1600 T. Smith 88 You must raise the mouth of your morter peece so many degrees aboue the best of the randon, as is sufficient to reach the marke desired. 1667 J. Milton xii. 556 Eternitie, whose end no eye can reach . View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Sturmy v. xii. 72 What degree the Gun must be Mounted to, to reach the Mark. 1732 A. Pope i. 17 What no Eye can see, No Glass can reach! 1771 iii. v. 76 Scarce the wond'ring eyes can reach her Ere she captivates the mind. 1814 J. Austen I. vii. 139 She saw it, or the imagination supplied what the eye could not reach . View more context for this quotation 1855 W. Whitman 31 My voice goes after what my eyes cannot reach. 1894 14 242 Now the terrible verses of the rabbi fall to earth like arrows that cannot reach the mark. 1953 R. S. Willis iii. 58 It is not until the eye reaches the phrase, hizo la figura de Merlin..that the reader finally makes textual association with the antecedent chapter. 1987 H. W. Pfanz vii. 127 Smith's four guns could reach Seminary Ridge and any Confederates posted there. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [verb (transitive)] > reach 1618 T. Adams 150 That the shrickes, yellings, & dying groanes of the child might not reach her eares. 1645 E. Waller 58 Roaring she teares the ayre with such noise..To reach the ears of her escaped son. 1671 J. Milton 177 I hear the sound of words, thir sense the air Dissolves unjointed e're it reach my ear. View more context for this quotation 1727 J. Gay I. xxxi. 105 My name, perhaps, hath reach'd your ear. 1785 W. Cowper ii. 5 Where rumour of oppression and deceit..Might never reach me more! 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in 2nd Ser. II. 185 The alarm reached the royal residence. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite 10 Every syllable should reach the ears of the auditors. 1900 J. Conrad i. 6 A yelling voice in her reached him faintly: ‘Keep stroke’. 1955 D. Eden (1959) 114 He knew that before the sound reached his ears, because he had woken in that familiar state of rigid fear. 1980 B. MacLaverty (1981) i. 13 And while we are on the subject, it has reached my ears that you are spending too much time with that boy. 2006 (Nexis) 28 Sept. r4 The wail of fire sirens reached us. the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon 1637 J. Shirley i. sig. B 4v Are. You haue beene high in praises. Al. I come short, No flattery can reach her. 1667 J. Milton iv. 801 Assaying by his Devilish art to reach The Organs of her Fancie. View more context for this quotation a1713 T. Ellwood (1714) 45 Being sensible that I was thoroughly reach'd; and the Work of God rightly begun in me. a1825 A. L. Barbauld (1826) 191 His griefs were like his joys, too far refined To reach the dull or touch the selfish mind. 1872 W. H. Dixon (rev. ed.) x. 83 Men's opinions must be reached by reason, not by force. 1887 (Weekly ed.) 14 Oct. 15/3 They [sc. the merchants] know how Chinese are to be reached. 1905 6 142 The individual is reached as he can be reached in no other way. 1981 1 Apr. 15/3 They are unlikely to be reached by the simpler ideas on law and order associated with Mr Reagan himself. 1993 V. Headley iv. 28 He was one of the most respected members of the community. Another reason for this was his uncanny ability to ‘reach’ and heal people. society > communication > [verb (transitive)] > communicate with 1886 Feb. 511/1 If I only could have reached him where he lives, as our slang says. 1919 E. O'Neill 113 Ut is only from your chance meetin' wid Harry..that I happen to know where to reach you. 1938 C. Connolly i. 6 A writer has no greater pleasure than to reach people, nobody enjoys isolation less than an artist. 1959 5 Oct. 35/1 The report presents a profile on how many people are reached. 1966 H. Moore 218 Certainly the shelter drawings did seem to get through to a much larger public than I'd ever reached before. 1973 R. Ludlum xiii. 122 I'm off the phone now. Would you like to try reaching Miss Ballantyne? 2007 (Nexis) 25 July e8 Sitters should ask a lot of questions at this point, such as when do the kids go to bed, [and] where can I reach mom or dad in an emergency. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe 1906 A. H. Lewis 72 I'd been squared; it was known that I could be reached. 1912 A. C. Train III. ix. 234 In America, if the criminal can ‘reach’ the complaining witness or ‘call him off’ he has nothing to worry about. 1929 C. F. Coe v. 105 You could reach the..Attorney without tippin' your hand to him at all. 1967 L. Katcher xvi. 124 It is impossible..to open a big, notorious gambling operation without buying off public officials... This does not necessarily mean a sheriff or a District Attorney or a chief of police is being reached. 1976 P. Hoffman & I. Pecznick 53 They'd ‘reached’ seven of the fourteen-member panel. 12. society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (intransitive)] > spread or be current c1300 Evangelie (Dulwich Coll.) 433 in (1915) 30 566 (MED) Þou þeim schalt þe sothe teche, Hu þei scal to heuene reche [v.r. reeche]. a1325 St. Paul (Corpus Cambr.) 202 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 271 (MED) Cristendom hi wolleþ ȝou teche..And ssolle ȝe to heuene reche to þe heie kynge. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 1840 (MED) Was na creatur in liue Þat moght to grund or reche or riue, Bot it war fisse. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 906 (MED) Til ȝe reche to a reset, rest ȝe never. a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) i. 1191 (MED) He [sc. Nimrod] wolde haue rauht up to the sterris seuene. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 7v Yf thou stretch ye walkynges that thou vsest at home, & laye theim on length by the space of fiue or sixe dayes together yu shalt easyly reache to Olympia. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 61/1 in I They could not reache thither without manifest daunger. 1591 R. Wilmot i. ii. sig. A4 He neuer sought with vast huge mounting towers To reach aloft, and ouer-view your raigne. 1622 M. Drayton xxii. 54 Hastings that before raught thither with his Reare, And with King Edward ioynd. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi 21 Posting on with such diligence that by darke night hee reached to Caleri. 1651 O. Cromwell 4 Aug. in Carlyle To give the enemy some check, until we shall be able to reach up to him. 1719 D. Defoe 315 They could not reach back to the Boat, before it was dark. 1749 H. Fielding I. iii. vii. 195 The public Voice..seldom reaches to a Brother or a Husband, tho' it rings in the Ears of all the Neighbourhood. View more context for this quotation 1802 H. Martin III. 19 When we had reached to this stage of our proposed journey. 1820 W. Irving I. 76 At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs, to the amphitheatre. 1862 59 245/2 Strange to say, he reached to within a few days of the fated time without being asked an improper question by any one. 1908 L. M. Montgomery xix. 212 For Anne the real excitement began with the dismissal of school and increased therefrom in crescendo until it reached to a crash of positive ecstasy in the concert itself. 1970 S. Kudo tr. Z. Shibayama 253 The inquiry spread around and finally reached to the monks on the mountain. 2000 A. Jerath 34 From Jahangiri Darwaza we reach to the first phase of the fort, an open ascent with a narrow pass. society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > have (specific) range the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > have faculty or power of sight [verb (intransitive)] > range of sight 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar vii. f. 199 v To beholde, how euery littell knap of the hyll, was occupied as farre as a mans eye could reache. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges 65 I demaunde howe farre a Culuering at his vtmost randon will reach, that at poynt blancke, or leuell, rangeth 250 pase. 1622 R. Hawkins lxi. 148 The Saker, the Demy-Colverin, the Colverin, and demi-Canon (being peeces that reach much further point blanke then the Cannon). 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon 166 They gave backe from thence foot by foot..so farre as a dart shot raught from the wall. 1698 J. Fryer 40 The Power of the English, who command as far as their Guns reach. 1763 C. Churchill 15 Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen. 1790 J. Hurdis 190 Far as the eye could reach to east and west The plain was bristled with unnumber'd spears. 1885 G. Allen I. i. 3 The..road ran indefinitely as far as the eye could reach in either direction. 1961 K. Middlemas 109 As Glossop found, the German 4-1-inch guns could reach as far as his own. 1987 Sept. 337/1 A magnificent panorama humbled me. Unbroken forest spread as far as the eye could reach. 2006 W. R. Casto iv. 50 A country's territory extended only as far as a cannon could reach, which was generally taken to be one sea league. 1627 Sir R. Granville in (1732) II. 336 We had not raught a musket-shot out of the Town. 1770 H. Brooke V. 302 At length, reaching near the Door. 1799 E. Dubois III. 55 Continually receding until they have both reached as far as they can go. 1857 in 1 95 No vessel has yet reached so far as Captain Collinson's farthest in one season. 1903 Z. Grey ii. 47 I am curious to see this man Wetzel, whose fame has reached as far as my home, way down in Virginia. 1997 J. Williams iv. 99/2 They even reached as far as England, often cut into fractions to make up the weight or with cut-marks where they had been tested. 1806 R. Jamieson I. 219 The Elf-King's daughter reekit bilive. 1879 G. F. Jackson 345 'E started afore 'is Faither an' may but 'e hanna raught yet. 1885 R. Holland (1886) 289 If a'd had th' luck to have rite afore he went away. 1891 Apr. 128/1 I sent letter upon letter after him, but they don't seem to reach. 1907 W. Jekyll 110 Never min'; by the time me re'ch up mine voice will come good. 1918 D. Das Diary in V. Mehta (1979) ii. 19 She expired at 2 p.m. on that day before the party from Lahore could reach. 1988 U. Chatterjee in Aug. 25 Office starts at ten thirty, I reach at eleven sharp. 1996 in R. Allsopp 468/2 The goats escaped before we reached. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > action of runner 1932 17 Aug. 8/1 He walked two after Mike Kokoska reached on a single. 1961 18 Apr. b7/5 Reached on a wild pitch..in 7th. 1976 6 July c1/3 Dan Fuchs reached on an error, Rich Popp singled to score Knudtson, and Mike Klunder brought Fuchs home on a sacrifice fly. 2005 6 Oct. s5/5 Sox first baseman Paul Konerko bobbled a grounder to allow Nixon to reach. †13. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > penetrate c1300 Evangelie (Dulwich Coll.) 322 in (1915) 30 566 (MED) Of þe prude in herte he dide wreche, Ant dide þe meke on hey to reche [v.r. reeche]. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. ix. 30 Ȝif he ne rise þe raþer and rauhte [v.r. ȝede] to þe steorne, Þe wynt wolde..þe Bot ouer-þrowe. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 15788 (MED) Ilk dint þat þai him gaf, it reked [a1400 Fairf. reyched] to þe ban. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 5510 (MED) He..Raȝt on to þe reede See & rerid þare his tentis. c1460 (?c1400) 168 (MED) Sith to othir placis of holynes þey rauȝte. a1525 in W. A. Craigie (1923) I. 156/12 Than Tyrenus to Ytale rekis and to the havin of Sticilia and passis to Crota. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) i. 554 Fra north on sowth the streme it strekys In tyll the Rede Se quhille it rekys. society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] OE 27 Ne tosæleþ him on þam gegnpaþe guþgemotes, siþþan ic þurh hylles hrof geræce, ond þurh hest hrino hildepilum laðgewinnum.] c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) 332 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale (1930) 298 (MED) Þo þenne God he him bitawt, And aiþer fram oþer wepyng rawt. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) 2209 (MED) Ouerall he rahut [a1400 Vesp. raxhild him; a1400 Trin. Cambr. went] wid gret vtrage. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer (1987) ii. 447 Up he sterte, and on his wey he raughte, Til she agayn him by the lappe kaughte. c1450 (c1405) (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 553 (MED) Thenne raughte I fro religion..And caried to closes and cathedralle churches. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius (Linc. Cathedral 103) 23 (MED) This drerynesse out of myn herte gan reche. 1590–1 in R. Pitcairn (1833) I. ii. 237 Be the samin blude, that reikit owre the ruithfull rwid. the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > become awake > suddenly or with a start a1500 (?a1400) (1903) 3191 (MED) Hys chambyrlayns wakyd hym..And woodely oute of hys slepe he raught. 14. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 217 (MED) And he may not reche for to greue oþere, þan he bycomeþ angry and cruel to hym self. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 11385 (MED) Elles moght not kinges thre Haf raght to ride sa ferr ewai. 1440 J. Capgrave (1977) l. 2931 God wold he schuld teche To þis sturdy nacioun to loke if he myth reche To bryng hem to þe ȝok of holy buxumnesse. 1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta , in G. Gascoigne 163 See, ruine growes when most we reache to ryse. a1585 A. Montgomerie 668 (L) Thairfoir I wis thame to be war And ryche [W. raschlie] not to run our far. 1652 K. Digby i. 13 A multitude of reasons, may haue the force to proue and conuince that, which no one of them single, can reach to do. a1770 M. Akenside (1772) 219 Secure that health and beauty springs Through this majestic frame of things, Beyond what he can reach to know. 1871 F. W. Farrar iv. 142 They could only reach to lay their garlands of admiration at his feet. the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > achieve an end or condition by progress a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 1929 (MED) Alle þe penaunce þat þou mayst do Ne may nat reche [Fr. atend] here godenes to. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 195 (MED) In armes is þer none þat to þi renoun reches. a1450 in (1948) 7 149-79 (MED) Another witte I sall þe teche, Wherthurgh þou sall till honour reche. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxxi. 13 If thai kepe noght, the hetynge fayls, and tha that kepis rechis til the honure. 1597 W. Shakespeare i. i. 159 Another secret close intent. By marrying her which I must reach vnto. View more context for this quotation 1603 G. Owen (1891) vii. 55 Great aboundance of Wheat, barlie and other graine, not rechinge in finenes to Castlemartyn. 1633 Bp. J. Hall i. 373 O Israel, thou art so foule, that by no humane meanes..which thou canst reach unto. 1772 ‘Junius’ I. Ded. p. viii A death-bed repentance seldom reaches to restitution. 1826 J. G. Gorton (1838) II. at Hough He reached to the great age of ninety-three, and possessed his faculties to the last. 1843 30 282 He reached to a pinnacle of eminence rarely attained by writers in a modern age. 1916 J. Joyce iii. 120 From the evil seed of lust all other deadly sins had sprung forth: pride in himself and contempt of others,..envy of those whose vices he could not reach to. c. To arrive at or come to (a condition, quality, point in time, etc.). the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > reach (a certain point) 1576 G. Gascoigne tr. Pope Innocent III 1st Bk. Vewe Worldly Vanities in i. sig. A. iv Now a dayes, men doe lyue forty yeares, and very fewe doe reache sixtie yeares. 1590 E. Spenser i. vi. sig. F3 Till ryper yeares he raught. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) i. ii. 24 As proud a fortune As this that I haue reach'd . View more context for this quotation 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila i. 3 I hope I shall be able to reach the proper order. 1665 (new ed.) 503 One Robert Parr, a Shropshire man, who had reacht almost his 160 year. 1711 A. Pope 10 Nameless Graces which no Methods teach, And which a Master-Hand alone can reach. 1727 J. Gay I. xxxix. 132 He reach'd the height of power and place. 1789 No. 35. 448 Our poets..frequently reach the climax of absurdity. 1835 S. E. Brydges I. Pref. p. xxvi [The illustrator] has..a highly-endowed poetical mind, and..has reached a level of imagination, which no rival..has surpassed. 1874 J. R. Green v. §3. 228 Wyclif..had already reached middle age. 1915 V. Woolf xii. 180 ‘D'you mean to tell me you've reached the age of twenty-four without reading Gibbon?’ he demanded. 1935 D. L. Sayers vii. 146 She had also reached the stage of complete inertia. 2007 (Nexis) 27 Apr. If he is a liar he will never reach the level that he wants to reach. 1607 T. Middleton sig. F 1v That swords long enough indeede, I ha knowne it reach the length of fifteene Tearmes. 1667 J. Milton iii. 697 Thy desire..leads to no excess That reaches blame. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Locke 12 But supposing the Law reach'd the Intention of the Promoters of it. 1724 A. Collins 215 The means..will not reach that end. 1785 W. Cowper iv. 662 His faculties..there only reach their proper use. 1840 27 Field and hedgerow stragglers, exposed to all weathers, will never reach their full stature. 1888 J. W. Burgon II. x. 262 This little work reached a second edition. 1891 W. Selwyn 154 The Liverpool of Africa has reached a sorry pass. 1911 J. Muir 123 The two silver firs and the yellow and sugar pines..here seem to reach their highest pitch of beauty and grandeur. 1948 6 Sept. 90/1 There is no doubt that the tide of Anglo-Soviet-American friendship had reached a new high. 1988 41 342 The most important produces a daily variation of declination that can reach 0.2° or 0.3° in middle latitudes. 1766 J. Oswald ii. i. 54 If we had not this previous knowledge, we could not have reached this conclusion. 1874 4 Oct. 6/7 He told them [sc. the jury] that they had better return to their room again and try to reach an agreement. 1954 D. Eisenhower Let. 26 Apr. in P. Boyle (1990) 140 I am anxious..to reach a common understanding. 2001 27 Jan. 13/3 The OFT normally has 20 working days to reach a decision. 15. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 215 (MED) No man cowde yet this science reche But if god sende him a master hym to teche. 1575 H. Niclas x. iv. 215 We desyre..to bring vnto you all that is needfull for you [to know], and that your Vnderstanding can reache. 1607 B. Jonson iv. ii. sig. I3v Pol. I reach you not. Lad. Right, Sir, your politie May beare it through, thus. a1627 T. Middleton Women beware Women v. ii, in (1657) 195 But how her fawning partner fell, I reach not. 1669 J. Dryden iv. i. 60 I do not reach your meaning, Sir. 1715 Bp. G. Burnet III. Pref. p. iij The Meaning of this dark Expression I do not reach. 1724 E. Ward i. 36 Scholars vers'd in magick Art, By Signs, their Sentiments impart, And can another's Meaning reach, By gaping, better than by Speech. a1822 P. B. Shelley Scene from ‘Tasso’ in (1904) 513/1 The words are twisted in some double sense That I reach not. 1834 T. Carlyle i. xi. 28/2 Wild as it looks, this Philosophy of Clothes, can we ever reach its real meaning, promises to reveal new-coming Eras. 1921 J. Galsworthy ii. iii. 152 Jon listened, bewildered, almost outraged by his father's words, behind which he felt a meaning that he could not reach. 1994 Autumn 84/3 The power of courage and the need to reach the essential meaning of our humanness. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (intransitive)] > reach understanding of the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)] > get to know 1582 in Mark vi. 3 (note) His countrie-folks..not reaching to his godhead and divine generation did take offence or scandal of him. 1593 R. Hooker iii. viii. 142 Festus..heard him, but could not reach vnto that whereof he spake. 1653 H. More ii. v. 62 To conclude there is no such thing as Reason and Demonstration because a naturall Fool cannot reach unto it. society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail on one tack 1832 F. Marryat I. v. 62 The sloop wearing round, reached in for the land. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Reaching, sometimes used for standing off and on... A vessel also reaches ahead of her adversary. 1884 Apr. 150 A rattling breeze..got up..and she reached along like a schooner. 1934 U. Fox ii. i. 173 (caption) Britannia reaching through Cowes Road at her maximum speed. 1987 J. Dear & P. Kemp 134/2 A sailing vessel which overtakes another is sometimes said to reach ahead of her. 1988 May 27/1 You are reaching along and you can see ahead of you a nice little peak which is up-wind slightly. III. To extend over or to. 17. the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > reach (to) OE 7 Grundum ic hrine, helle underhnige, heofonas oferstige, wuldres eþel, wide ræce ofer engla eard, eorþan gefylle. OE (1931) 990 Ræhton wide geond werþeoda wrohtes telgan. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1934) 32 (MED) Semde as þah ha sehe i þe glistende glem þe deorewurðe rode reache to þe heouene. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 67 Þat wode Calaterye..recheþ almest to York [L. attingit pene Eboracum]. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) 8080 (MED) Lang and side þair broues wern, And recched [a1400 Vesp. hinged] al a-boute þair ern. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 1022 Hir tresses yelowe..Unto hir helys doun they raughten. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in f. 19 (MED) Þe moste principal boon..rechiþ fro þe vpmeste extremite of þe nose vn to þe selue seeme þat departiþ þe heed ouerþwart. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. BBv Saynt Austen asketh a question: How hye reacheth ye house of perfection? 1588 T. Hariot sig. C4(1) These roots grow manie together in great clusters..which beeing supported by the trees it groweth neerest vnto, wil reach or climbe to the top of the highest. 1623 W. Gouge §15 A partition..which reached up to the floore of the garret. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 21 The Portico..reaches along the whole front of the Church. 1702 T. Savery 43 This Pipe..must be long enough to reach from the Landing-place or Stair-head. 1751 C. Labelye 28 These Frames reached about 2 Feet above the common High-water Mark. 1822 J. Latham II. 63 The wings reach very little beyond the base. 1866 J. Bryce (new ed.) v. 80 These vast domains, reaching from the Ebro to the Carpathian mountains. 1898 H. G. Wells ii. vii. 265 It was a burrow scarcely ten yards long, which he designed to reach to the main drain. 1923 B. G. Guerney tr. I. A. Bunin 17 The sharp tip of the front mast that reached up to the sky. 1951 J. Hawkes vii. 111 The proud line of hills reaching from Caer Caradoc to the Wrekin. 1999 M. Hulse tr. W. G. Sebald (2000) iv. 176 I marvelled at the screes which reached from the mountains down into the forests like pale fingers into dark hair. the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes > give a faculty or quality eOE (Corpus Cambr. 422) ii. 294 Yldo beoð on eorðan æghwæs cræftig; mid hiðendre hildewræsne, rumre racenteage, ræceþ wide. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 142 Ȝe schule lichtliche iseon hu lutel hit reacheð [a1250 Titus reaches]. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 6311 (MED) Þe mercy of God..reches over alle, bathe fer and nere. c1450 (1900) 66 (MED) But þou restore aȝen as ferforth as þi good may reche, þou mayst noȝt be sauyd. a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 651 in R. Girvan (1939) 19 The sevyne giftis of the haly gaist..rek vp rycht to the hevyne. 1535 Dan. iv. C Thy greatnesse increaseth, & reacheth vnto the heauen. 1617 J. Hales 2 How farre his intent and meaning reacht. a1675 J. Lightfoot (1684) I. 305 Though we construe the words in such an application to the Jews..their sense reacheth also to every one that loveth not the Lord Jesus. 1718 No. 2. 1 His Jurisdiction reaches even to the Councils of Princes. 1769 ‘Junius’ (1772) I. i. 14 It reaches beyond the interest of individuals. 1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in iv. 167 The sincerity and marrow of the man reaches to his sentences. 1871 E. A. Freeman (1876) IV. xviii. 131 The exclusion of Englishmen reached even to men of Norman descent born in England. 1935 B. Malinowski in M. Black (1962) 90 A word rich in associations and reaching out in many directions. 1993 Jan. 17/2 He suggests that Derrida's use of dynamic metaphors somehow reaches beyond the limits of language. the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend a1325 (2011) viii. 62 Þis statut halt stude of londes isolde to holden in feo simpleliche, ant þat hit rechez to þe time þat is to come, ant biginnez to holde stude ate feste of Seint Andreu nexte cominde. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 554 (MED) Þe tother part of þe lyf..reches fra þe bygynnyng Of mans lyfe until þe endyng. 1535 Lev. xxvi. 5 The wyne haruest shal reache vnto the sowynge tyme. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie iv. 30 Mans Age reacheth to the fiftyeth yeare or somewhat further. a1642 R. Callis (1647) ii. 110 These things..do reach from the beginning of the Lease to the top of the Inheritance. 1711 J. Addison No. 160. ¶4 That Portion of Eternity which is called Time,..reaching from the Beginning of the World to its Consummation. 1799 W. Tooke III. x. x. 405 In Siberia, at a time reaching back beyond all history, mining was..practised. 1849 H. D. Thoreau 262 The periods of Hindoo and Chinese history..reach back to the time when the race of mortals is confounded with the race of gods. 1910 I. 327/2 As has been said earlier, the history of Africa reaches back but a short distance. 1944 26 114/2 The row reaches from this time to the beginning of the Middle Chou period. 1990 T. O'Neill in A. Parfrey (rev. ed.) 277 The archetype is even more ancient, and probably reaches back to the dawn of human consciousness. 18. the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touch [verb (transitive)] the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend so far as to touch the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > extend so far as to touch c1225 (?c1200) (Royal) 433 (MED) Grisen him mahen þet sehen hu hit grond in hwet so hit rahte. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. 144 (MED) Þe paume haþ power to..receyuen þat þe fyngres rechen. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2051 Heigh labour..Was at the seruyce and the fyr makynge That wt his grene top the heuene raughte. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer 1374 With hir fet she erthe reighte [v.r. right], And with hir hed she touched hevene. 1576 T. Achelley tr. M. Bandello sig. D [He] Pines though Apples touch his nose, And water reach his chinne. 1667 J. Milton ii. 1029 A Bridge of wondrous length..reaching th' utmost Orbe Of this frail World. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton iv. 988 His stature reacht the Skie. View more context for this quotation 1713 A. Pope 9 Now his Shadow reach'd her as she run,..His Shadow lengthen'd by the setting Sun. 1870 G. Rolleston Introd. 47 In the Monotremata..the coracoid reaches the sternum. 1893 S. Crane xi. 91 Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling. 1930 H. G. Newth (ed. 11) xiv. 340 The innermost digit or pollex is shorter than the others, not reaching the ground. 1991 K. Rietema iii. 60 Where the arch reaches the wall. the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > immaterial [verb (transitive)] > extend to (of immaterial things) 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) x. 267 The stroke slided a side & kyt a sondre all that it rought. a1500 (?c1400) (1880) 190 (MED) Halfondell of my men I the be-teche..þat no harm the reche. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher ii. ii. 89 Who can be angry now? What Enuy reach you? View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Hhhh4/2 There is no mercie in mankinde can reach me. 1675 H. More in R. Ward (1710) 347 Nor does that [conclusion] reach the present Controversie. 1712 J. Addison No. 287. ¶3 Liberty should reach every Individual of a People. 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in 91 Pain can reach the Sons of Heav'n! 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xxxi, in 20 There's sic parade, sic pomp an' art, The joy can scarcely reach the heart. 1828 E. Irving I. iii. (140) cxxxv I know of no way by which suffering can reach an unfallen creature, but..by his committing sin. 1844 Ld. Brougham viii. 110 Libels..which the ordinary process of the law reached, and would have been quite sufficient to punish. 1918 C. Dawson 44 Their love reaches us almost as though it were the touch of hands. 1994 J. A. Williams v. 168 They imagine that the heavenly spheres..are eternal, and that through knowing them happiness reaches the soul. 19. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to 1431 in H. T. Riley (1870) i. 454 (MED) The temporaltes of Bysshoppes..rechen to the summe of three hundred and thirty-two thousand marke be ȝere. 1598 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 130 Hot. What may the kings whole battel reach vnto? Ver. To thirty thousand. View more context for this quotation 1775 E. Burke 41 The minority did not reach to more than 39 or 40 [members]. 1886 W. Stubbs xvi. 360 Another sum of the same amount, reaching..to £120,000. 1914 W. Burgess xi. 286 The nation's sum total reaches to an incalculable sum. 2006 Y.-S. Lee v. 112 (note) The AMS amount reached to 16,803 million USD in the United States for the same period. the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient [verb (intransitive)] 1446 IV. 438 Ilkane of thaim to fynd boroweis til othir als forr [? farr [as]] the gudes rekis. c1450 (c1378) W. Langland (Rawl.) (1869) B. xiv. 230 (MED) His rentes ne wol nauȝte reche no riche metes to bugge. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 157 He aw till allow thai gudis as payment of his costis..jn alsferr as thai mycht reke. 1560 in R. Renwick (1887) I. 72 To pay the samyn insafer as it reikis to the creditouris. 1642 D. Rogers 159 Abilities will not reach to suffer for God, though they seeme to act for him. a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in (1856) 4th Ser. III. 215 Every one was to pay..what ye profite of ye trade would not reach too. 1695 W. Temple 139 Those many and brave Adventurers and Soldiers..which he endeavoured to make with Justice to his Promises..as far as the forfeited Lands and Revenues would reach. 1733 J. Tull xi. 65 As much of the middle Sort of Wheat as his Money would reach to Purchase. 1759 A. Brice 162/2 The Commonalty kill Dogs, Cats, and Chickens, or whatever their Money will reach to. 1825 D. Bayley iv. 93 As far as the money would reach, every one was honestly paid. 1868 14 35/1 The funds did not reach to pay his demand. 1944 J. W. Johnsoy tr. T. L. Brevig lxxix. 276 During the summer we had bought provisions only as far as our limited cash would reach, and had limited our diet as far as possible. Phrases1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in vi. 94 His hospitable attentions were brief, but expressive, being confined to a shake of the hand, a slap on the shoulder..and a pressing invitation to ‘reach to, and help themselves’. 1847 J. O. Halliwell II Reach-to, to reach out one's hand, so as to help oneself. 1890 ‘A. Clare’ iii Now do as the missus bids you, and reach to. Your father's son'll be always welcome at my table. 1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday I. ii. 557 Q[uestion]. What do you say to your visitors at table when you want them to begin eating?.. Reach to (Derbs., Lancs., Yorks., Durh., Cumb.). 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 243/2 Doãnt yah worrit, A'll reeãch to when me plaãte's empty. the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)] > react with extreme hostility 1953 in (ed. 2) 223/2 When I hear anyone talk of Culture, I reach for my revolver. 1959 9 Oct. 480/2 Cherwell was not a cultured man; indeed he seems almost to have reached for his gun when ‘culture’ was in the air. 1967 12 Oct. 9/6 This is the point at which Laing's critics reach for their guns. 1980 8 Dec. Approximate playing from one percussionist in the Sabre Dance might have had Feldbrill reaching for his revolver. 2005 (Nexis) 16 Oct. Frankly, if I see [him]..dragging his weary bones through yet another 263 pages of finely-honed literary fiction, I will reach for my gun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reachv.2 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Icelandic hrækja to spit < the Germanic base of Old English hrāca clearing of the throat, mucus, phlegm, Old Icelandic hráki , Old Danish rage spit, spittle; perhaps ultimately cognate with rake n.2 Compare Old High German rāhhisōn to clear the throat, to spit out.In Old English the prefixed form ahrǣcan to spit out (compare a- prefix1 ) is also attested, and survives into Middle English as areche : eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. i. 24 Sele þonne gelome þæt geagl to swillanne þæt he þy sel mæge þæt yfel ut ahræcean.a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 135 With youre eris pike not, ner be ye slow of herynge; areche ne spitt to ferre, ne haue lowd laughynge.In early Middle English the prefixed form uthræce to spit out, to cough up (compare out- prefix) is also attested. The apparent absence of the word in literature from the 12th cent. to the 16th cent. (15th cent. in the case of the prefixed form areche) is remarkable, but there can be no doubt of its continuity of use. †1. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > have respiratory spasm [verb (intransitive)] > cough > to clear throat the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)] > spit eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) v. 43 Gif he ðonne ðæt wif wille [for]sacan, ðonne hræce hio him on ðæt neb foran. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) xlvi. 90 Wið geposu & wið þæt man hefelice hræce genim ðas wyrte.., seoð on wætere, syle drincan þam ðe hefelice hræcen. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin i. f. xx Cryeng or reaching so loude as she can, so to stere herselfe. 1565 T. Cooper Screo, to reache in spittyng. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > discharge [verb (transitive)] > cough or spit up OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) xl. 86 Gyf hwa blod swiþe hræce genime ðysse ylcan wyrte seaw, seoðe on strangum wi[n]e.., drince þonne. ?a1200 (?OE) (1896) 31 Hwilan he blod hræcþ and h[w]ylum mid blode ȝemenged. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI (1585) L ij Gume of a Peache tre geuen to hym that rechit or spitteth bloud, helpeth greatly. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 59 For them that raught vp bloud at the mouth, he prescribeth to take Mints in a broth. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius 189 Hee never durst once spit and reach up fleame. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > retch 1575 G. Gascoigne Hearbes in 165 I poore soule which close in caban laye, And there had reacht til gaule was welneare burst. 1636 R. Basset tr. G. A. de Paoli 47 As hee was reaching or striving to vomit. 1694 34 Neither Meat nor Drink tasts well, the head akes and is giddy, and they are always reaching to vomit. 1748 S. Richardson IV. xxxiv. 199 I shall reach confoundedly, and bring up some clotted blood. a1776 R. James (1778) 51 She..reached to vomit very much. 1855 To Boak, the effort to vomit, to reach. 1899 21 Jan. I raech'd laek a dug. 1925 13 35 Straining. Bouking and reachin' when the stomach is on the heave. 1974 W. Leeds 87 Reech, to retch, vomit. 1999 in New Suppl. (Electronic text) at Reach There's nothin worse than reachin tae be seeck oan an empty stomach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.11362 n.2?1578 v.1eOE v.2eOE |
