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reach noun

  /ɹiːt͡ʃ/
  • The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
 ulottuvuus, kantama
  • (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.
 alue
  • (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
 avotuuli
  • (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
 kaukaa haettu
  • Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
  • (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
 ulottuvuus

reach verb

  /ɹiːt͡ʃ/
  • (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
 saavuttaa, ylettää, yltää, kurkottaa, kurottaa, lävistää
  • (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.
 saavuttaa, ylettää, yltää, tavoittaa, käsittää, ojentaa
  • (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
 saavuttaa, ylettää, yltää, ulottua, ylettyä
  • (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
 purjehtia avotuuleen
  • (transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
 saada yhteys
  • (slang, MTE, MLE) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
 saapua, saavuttaa
  • (transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
 saavuttaa, täyttää

reaching noun

  /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • (nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.
 purjehdus sivutuulessa, sivutuulipurjehdus
broad reach
laitamyötäinen, purjehtia laitamyötäiseen
reach out
ojentaa (kätensä), ottaa yhteyttä johonkin, pyytää apua, saada uusia ystäviä
out of reach
saavuttamattomissa, ulottumattomissa
within reach
käden ulottuvilla, käsillä, ulottuvilla
reach for the stars
kurkottaa kuuhun
variable-reach forklift
kurottaja
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