reach

reach

englanti

  1. ulottuvuus

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reach

  1. liikehdintä, liikahdus, liike, liikkuvuus, venyttäminen, kurkottaminen, laajuus, alue, kantomatka, kantama, toimintasäde, piiri, etäisyys, näkyvyysalue, ulottuvuus, lähialue, pallokenttä, ala.

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englanti

ulottuvuus

ponnistella

venyttäminen

kantama puhekieltä To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

(ux)

puhekieltä 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.
puhekieltä To stretch out the hand.
puhekieltä 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.
puhekieltä To strike or touch with a missile.
puhekieltä Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
(quote-book)
puhekieltä To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
Milton
Thy desire (..) leads to no excess / That reaches blame.
puhekieltä To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind
Cheyne
The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality.
puhekieltä To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.

(usex)

puhekieltä To understand; to comprehend.
Beaumont and Fletcher
Do what, sir? I reach you not.
puhekieltä To overreach; to deceive.

(rfquotek)

To strain after something; to make efforts.
puhekieltä To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously ((m), (m), (m), (m) etc. something).
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 4:
The Thembu tribe reaches back for twenty generations to King Zwide.
puhekieltä To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
The act of stretching or extending; extension.
The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.

The fruit is beyond my reach.

to be within reach of cannon shot

1918, (w), w:The Land That Time Forgot (novel)|The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
(..) and we have learned not to fire at any of the dinosaurs unless we can keep out of their reach for at least two minutes after hitting them in the brain or spine, or five minutes after puncturing their hearts—it takes them so long to die.
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
Hayward
Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended.
Alexander Pope
Be sure yourself and your own reach to know.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
And on the left hand, hell, / With long reach, interposed.
Shakespeare
I am to pray you not to strain my speech / To grosser issues, nor to larger reach / Than to suspicion.
puhekieltä An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.

puhekieltä The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
Tennyson
The river's wooded reach.
Holland
The coast (..) is very full of creeks and reaches.
puhekieltä Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
puhekieltä An article to obtain an advantage.
Francis Bacon
The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design.
The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
An effort to vomit; a retching.
Spider-web

Sitaatit

  • "Mielestäni Leningradissa vuonna 1986 pelaamamme shakin laatu oli ilmiömäisen korkea. En usko, että tämän päivän pelaajat voisivat ylittää sitä. Mielestäni se oli paras ottelu, jonka pelasimme, enkä usko että he saavuttavat sitä koskaan. Tämän päivän pelaajat tietävät enemmän jopa keskipelin asemista, koska he oppivat meiltä, mutta päätöksentekoprosessin taso ei missään tapauksessa ole sama."

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