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reached
(encz) | reached,dosáhl Zdeněk Brož |
reached
(encz) | reached,dosahoval Zdeněk Brož |
reached
(encz) | reached,dosažený adj: IvČa |
reached
(encz) | reached,došel |
Reached
(gcide) | Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (r[=e]cht)
(Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaching.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to
extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and
possibly to AS. r[imac]ce powerful, rich, E. rich.
[root]115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. --Rom. of R.
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Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
--John xx. 27.
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Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
hand over; as, to reach one a book.
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He reached me a full cup. --2 Esd. xiv.
39.
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3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to
extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
object with the hand, or with a spear.
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O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast. --Dryden.
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4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an
object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
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If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
children, let them examine. --Locke.
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6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. --Milton.
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7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
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Before this letter reaches your hands. --Pope.
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8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
to be advanced to.
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The best account of the appearances of nature which
human penetration can reach, comes short of its
reality. --Cheyne.
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9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
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Do what, sir? I reach you not. --Beau. & Fl.
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10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
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breached
(encz) | breached,narušil v: Zdeněk Brožbreached,porušil v: Zdeněk Brožbreached,prolomil v: Zdeněk Brož |
preached
(encz) | preached,kázal v: Zdeněk Brož |
reached
(encz) | reached,dosáhl Zdeněk Brožreached,dosahoval Zdeněk Brožreached,dosažený adj: IvČareached,došel |
unreached
(encz) | unreached, |
Breached
(gcide) | Breach \Breach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Breaching.]
To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a
city.
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Overreached
(gcide) | Overreach \O`ver*reach"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*r[=e]ch"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Overreached, (Overraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overreaching.]
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1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
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3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by
trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used
reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by
trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/
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Preached
(gcide) | Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preaching.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr.
L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before +
dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from
(assumed) LL. praedictare. See Diction, and cf.
Predicate, Predict.]
1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim
the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject,
or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
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How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom.
x. 15.
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From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv.
17.
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2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse
in the manner of a preacher.
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Unreached
(gcide) | Unreached \Unreached\
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unreached
(wn) | unreached
adj 1: inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable
chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon";
"the unreachable stars" [syn: unapproachable,
unreachable, unreached, out of reach(p)] |
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