"reaching" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-reaching.ogg [US] Forms: reachings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English rechynge, recchinge, from Old English rǣċing (“reaching, extending”), equivalent to reach + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rechynge}} Middle English rechynge, {{inh|en|ang|rǣċing|t=reaching, extending}} Old English rǣċing (“reaching, extending”), {{af|en|reach|-ing}} reach + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} reaching (plural reachings)
  1. The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching. Translations (action): alcanzamiento [masculine] (Spanish), llegamiento [masculine] (Spanish), allegamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reaching-en-noun-OpcEyzE6 Disambiguation of 'action': 100 0
  2. (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. Translations (sailing on a reach): purjehdus sivutuulessa (Finnish), sivutuulipurjehdus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reaching-en-noun-0zjWmLCJ Categories (other): Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 74 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 31 55 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 72 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 76 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 69 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 72 13 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'sailing on a reach': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: reaching-post
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-reaching.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English reching, rechyng, recchinge, rechand, from Old English *rǣċende and reċċende (“reaching”), from Proto-Germanic *raikijandz, present participle of *raikijaną (“to stretch, reach”) and Proto-Germanic *rakjandz, present participle of *rakjaną (“to stretch, straighten”). Equivalent to reach + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|reching}} Middle English reching, {{inh|en|ang|*rǣċende}} Old English *rǣċende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*raikijandz}} Proto-Germanic *raikijandz, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*rakjandz}} Proto-Germanic *rakjandz, {{af|en|reach|-ing}} reach + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} reaching
  1. present participle and gerund of reach Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: reach Derived forms: far-reaching, wide-reaching
    Sense id: en-reaching-en-verb-nwcUZPcs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "purjehdus sivutuulessa"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.