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.
O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the
beast.
Dryden.
4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with
an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate
to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let
them examine.
Locke.
6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of
extent; as, his land reaches the river.
Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame.
Milton.