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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
far-reaching
kauaskantoinen
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