reach

The act of stretching or extending; extension.

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

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

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

(informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

(boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.

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

(nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.

(nautical) 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.

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

An extended portion or area of land or water.

(obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.

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