Unreachable
verb (used with object)
1.
to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.:
The boat reached the shore.
2.
to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.:
Your letter never reached me.
3.
to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.:
to reach a book on a high shelf.
4.
to stretch or hold out; extend:
reaching out a hand in greeting.
5.
to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet:
The bookcase reaches the ceiling.
6.
to establish communication with:
I called but couldn’t reach you.
7.
to amount to, as in the sum or total:
The cost will reach millions.
8.
to penetrate to:
distant stars the eye cannot reach.
9.
to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile:
The artillery fire reached the shore.
10.
to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.:
a program that reached a large teenage audience.
verb (used without object)
11.
to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.
12.
to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.
13.
to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something:
to reach for a weapon.
14.
to extend in operation or effect:
power that reaches throughout the land.
15.
to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.:
a coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.
16.
to extend or continue in time.
17.
to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to).
18.
to amount (often followed by to):
sums reaching to a considerable total.
19.
to penetrate:
Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.
20.
to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily:
I’d be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.
21.
Nautical.
to sail on a reach.
to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.
noun
22.
an act or instance of reaching:
to make a reach for a gun.
23.
the extent or distance of reaching:
within reach of his voice.
24.
range of effective action, power, or capacity.
25.
a continuous stretch or extent of something:
a reach of woodland.
26.
Also called pound. a level portion of a canal, between locks.
27.
Nautical. a point of sailing in which the wind is within a few points of the beam, either forward of the beam (close reach) directly abeam (beam reach) or abaft the beam (broad reach)
28.
the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.
29.
a straight portion of a river between two bends.
verb
1.
(transitive) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action: to reach the office
2.
to extend as far as (a point or place): to reach the ceiling, can you reach?
3.
(transitive) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation): to reach the point of starvation
4.
(intransitive) to extend in influence or operation: the Roman conquest reached throughout England
5.
(transitive) (informal) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand: to reach someone a book
6.
(intransitive; foll by out, for, or after) to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch: to reach for something on a shelf
7.
(intransitive; foll by for or after) to strive or yearn: to reach for the impossible
8.
(transitive) to make contact or communication with (someone): we tried to reach him all day
9.
(transitive) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing
10.
(transitive) to amount to (a certain sum): to reach the five million mark
11.
(intransitive) (nautical) to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam
noun
12.
the act of reaching
13.
the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of safety, beyond her reach
14.
the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc
15.
an open stretch of water, esp on a river
16.
(nautical) the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack
17.
a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end
18.
(television, radio) the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week
19.
(marketing) the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign
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