hand vs reach

hand

verb
  • To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. 

  • To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. 

  • To pledge by the hand; to handfast. 

  • To furl. 

noun
  • A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers. 

  • Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. 

  • Management, domain, control. 

  • Applause. 

  • A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 

  • The set of cards held by a player. 

  • That which has the appearance of, a human hand. 

  • Four inches, a hand's breadth. 

  • A whole rhizome of ginger. 

  • Handwriting; style of penmanship. 

  • An instance of helping. 

  • A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. 

  • A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. 

  • Personal possession; ownership. 

  • The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. 

  • Promise, word; especially of a betrothal. 

  • The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. 

  • An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. 

  • An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty. 

  • The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. 

  • A round of a card game. 

  • A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand. 

  • A bunch of bananas. 

  • A person's autograph or signature. 

  • A performer more or less skilful. 

reach

verb
  • 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 continue living until or up to (a certain age). 

  • To arrive at a particular destination. 

  • To stretch out the hand. 

  • To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up. 

  • To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts. 

  • To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent. 

  • To make contact with. 

  • To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone). 

  • To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam. 

  • To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind. 

  • 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. 

  • To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut. 

  • To strike or touch. 

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

  • To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something). 

noun
  • The act of stretching or extending; extension. 

  • A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land. 

  • An extended portion or area of land or water. 

  • Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. 

  • Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled. 

  • The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon. 

  • A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?) 

  • The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. 

  • The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow. 

  • The distance traversed between tacks. 

  • The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown. 

  • An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch. 

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