retcht

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
   • He reached for a weapon that was on the table.
2. (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
   • to reach someone a book
3. (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
4. (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
   • to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear
5. (transitive) To strike or touch.
   • His bullet reached its intended target.
6. (broadly, transitive) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
   • A few words, lovingly, encouragingly spoken failed to reach her heart.1889, The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine, volume 1, page 119

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