\Reach\, n.
An effort to vomit. [R.]

\Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached}({Raught}, the old
preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE.
rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to extend, stretch out;
akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. r[=i]ce
powerful, rich, E. rich. [root]115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
   limb, a member, something held, or the like.
         Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her
         heeles down they raughten.            --Rom. of R.
         Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
                                               --John xx. 27.
         Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their
         pampered boughs.                      --Milton.
2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
   the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
   hand over; as, to reach one a book.
         He reached me a full cap.             --2 Esd. xiv.
                                               39.
3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too
   extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
   as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
   object with the hand, or with a spear.
         O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I
         may reach the beast.                  --Dryden.
4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an
   object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
   penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
         If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
         children, let them examine.           --Locke.
6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
   of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.
         Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches
         blame.                                --Milton.
7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
   to be advanced to.
         The best account of the appearances of nature which
         human penetration can reach, comes short of its
         reality.                              --Cheyne.
9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
         Do what, sir? I reach you not.        --Beau. & Fl.
10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.

\Reach\, v. t.
1. To stretch out the hand.
         Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!
                                               --Milton.
2. To strain after something; to make efforts.
         Reaching above our nature does no good. --Dryden.
3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence,
   etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to,
   something.
         And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top
         of it reached to heaven.              --Gen. xxviii.
                                               12.
         The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.
                                               --Boyle.
4. (Naut.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking
   to another, or with the ind nearly abeam.
{To reach after} or {at}, to make efforts to attain to or
   obtain.
         He would be in the mind reaching after a positive
         idea of infinity.                     --Locke.

\Reach\, n.
1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of
   reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or
   something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my
   reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
2. The power of stretching out or extending action,
   influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;
   extent of force or capacity.
         Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than
         themselves to matters which they least intended.
                                               --Hayward.
         Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --Pope.
3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence;
   result; scope.
         And on the left hand, hell, With long reach,
         interposed.                           --Milton.
         I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser
         issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion.
                                               --Shak.
4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a
   straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to
   another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an
   arm of the sea extending up into the land. ``The river's
   wooded reach.'' --Tennyson.
         The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.
                                               --Holland.
5. An article to obtain an advantage.
         The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of
         his own underhand to cross the design. --Bacon.
6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the
   forward bolster of a wagon.