Word.ws English Dictionary

reached for

reached for is the simple past and past participle of reach for.

Meaning of reach for

Verb

reach for (third-person singular simple present reaches for, present participle reaching for, simple past and past participle reached for)

  1. To try to get (something) by extending one's arm or moving one's hand.
    • In reaching for a glass he knocked over the ashtray.
  2. To aspire to achieve.
    • to reach for success

Questions about reached for

What is reached for the simple past and past participle of?
Reached for is the simple past and past participle of reach for.

Words near reached for in the dictionary

  1. reachback
  2. reache
  3. reached
  4. reached across the aisle
  5. reached down
  6. reached for
  7. reached for the moon
  8. reached for the skies
  9. reached for the sky
  10. reached for the stars
  11. reached out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reached for (page history and authors); reach for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “reached for.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reached_for. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.