1. [n]  the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
2. [n]  a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"
3. [n]  ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
4. [n]  a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
5. [n]  a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"
6. [n]  the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
7. [n]  a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
8. [n]  the event of one object coming closer to another
9. [n]  the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
10. [v]  make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
11. [v]  metaphorically, as in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
12. [v]  move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
13. [v]  begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "appraoch a new project"
14. [v]  come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches tht of Horowitz"

APPROACH is a 8 letter word that starts with A.

1. \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Approached}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Approaching}.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
   approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
   near, prope near.]
   1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
      advance nearer.
            Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
                                                  Sam. xi. 20.
            But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
            ye see the day approaching.           --Heb. x. 25.
   2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to
      approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the
      ablest statesman.
   

2. \Ap*proach"\, v. t.
   1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
      [Archaic] --Boyle.
   2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw
      nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin;
      he approached the age of manhood.
            He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have
            approached Homer.                     --Temple.
   3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
   

3. \Ap*proach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche. See {Approach}, v.
   i.]
   1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. ``The
      approach of summer.'' --Horsley.
            A nearer approach to the human type.  --Owen.
   2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
            The approach to kings and principal persons.
                                                  --Bacon.
   3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
   4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings
      can be approached; an access. --Macaulay.
   5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads
      made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or
      military post.
   6. (Hort.) See {Approaching}.
   

4. \Ap*proach"\, n. (Golf)
   A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting
   green. It is made with an iron club.