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▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (transitive, of a missile) To strike or touch.
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
▸ verb: (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
▸ verb: (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To make contact with.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
▸ verb: (intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
▸ verb: (transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
▸ verb: (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
▸ verb: To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
▸ verb: (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
▸ verb: (slang, MTE, MLE) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
▸ noun: The act of stretching or extending; extension.
▸ noun: The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
▸ noun: The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
▸ noun: Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
▸ noun: (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
▸ noun: (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
▸ noun: (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
▸ noun: (nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
▸ noun: (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
▸ noun: A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
▸ noun: An extended portion or area of land or water.
▸ noun: (obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
▸ noun: The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
▸ verb: (obsolete or dialect) Alternative form of retch. [(transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.]
▸ noun: (obsolete or dialect) Alternative form of retch. [An unsuccessful effort to vomit.]
▸ noun: Acronym of Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals.
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reach out,
get through,
achieve,
arrive at,
strive,
accomplish,
get to,
get hold of,
attain,
gain,
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