Having a broad range, scope, or influence.

The area within which something may be accessed without moving.

A dry or no longer active branch or reach (i.e. segment) of a river.

Manual stimulation of a sexual partner's genitals during anal or vaginal intercourse from behind.

(nautical) The distance to windward traversed by a vessel while tacking.

plural of reaching-post

(historical) In rope-making, a post fixed at the lower end of a ropewalk.

simple past tense and past participle of reach past

present participle of reach past

(US, law) Being or relating to a kind of patent claim that attempts to cover basic research or a discovery before it has become a full invention.