reaching

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/ˈɹiːtʃɪŋ/ English

Definitions

To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).“He reached for a weapon that was on the table.”
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.“to reach one a book”
To stretch out the hand.
To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.“The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes.”

The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching.
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.