reach
part of speech
verb (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach)
meaning for a pupil
1) To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. tree →
2) To reach is to stretch your arm to touch or take something. tree →
3) If you reach a goal or an amount, you get there: reach 100 points. tree →
4) To reach someone is to contact them, like by phone. tree →
5) Your reach is how far you can stretch; «out of reach» means too far to touch. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Joshua, a tribe's border reached to Carmel. In Job, a proud man's head reaches the clouds. In Proverbs, stripes reach the inward parts, meaning that hard correction goes deep. Interpretation: The altar grating reached halfway up, and the priests' breeches reached to the thighs. The tradition reads Job as a picture of human pride that still ends in a fall. In the primary lessons: In maths: a goal or end amount: to reach 100 points, reach the top, reach a town; often asks how much more is needed. In everyday life and safety: keep medicines out of reach of children; reaching a shelf. In science: light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. In stories: «reach for the stars».
examples
- And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach. (Torah EXO.28.42, JPS 1917) tree →
- Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts. (Writings PRO.20.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath. (Prophets JOS.19.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; (Writings JOB.20.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- She needs 20 more points to reach 100. tree →
- The train reached the city after 3 hours. tree →
- How many more steps to reach the top? tree →
- He saved until he reached $50. tree →
- I can't reach the top shelf. tree →
- Keep medicines out of reach of children. tree →
- Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. tree →
- I tried to reach Grandma by phone. tree →
- Reach for the stars! tree →
- At last he reached the place. tree →
note
«How much more to reach X» means X minus what you have now. Trap: the number after «reach» is the end amount, not the amount to add. «Reach» needs no «to» before the place: «reach the city», not «reach to the city». Past: reached.
In the corpora
- And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
- And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
- And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
- and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.
- As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «reach» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.