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Definition of Reaching

1. Noun. The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.

Definition of Reaching

1. Verb. (present participle of reach) ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) Sailing on a reach. ¹

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Definition of Reaching

1. reach [v] - See also: reach

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Literary usage of Reaching

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1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"A third work, of an even more comprehensive nature and reaching to the beginning of the eighteenth century, was written by the French Dominican, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Circumstances made him an administrator and he ended by reaching the full stature of a statesman. Those who approve the policy embodied in the Quebec Act ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"On reaching Fort McKinley they found the two men who had been with Nansen. ... In the middle of March, when all hands were confident of reaching latitude 87 ..."

4. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1860)
"The Sambas river afforded facilities for reaching the scattered Dyak population, but besides this the place held out no strong inducements for a permanent ..."

5. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"CHAPTER VIII From Cape Pillar into the Pacific — Driven by a tempest toward Cape Horn — Captain Slocum's greatest sea adventure — reaching the strait again ..."

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