reaching  /r'itʃɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Reach \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     preterit, is obsolete); p. pr.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.

資料來源(2): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  reaching
       n 1: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out [syn: {reach},
             {stretch}]
       2: accomplishment of an objective [syn: {arrival}]