Retch vs. Reach: What's the Difference?

To try to vomit.

To stretch out or put forth (a body part); extend

To vomit.

To touch or grasp by stretching out or extending

To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

To arrive at; attain

To reck.

To succeed in getting in contact with or communicating with

(dialectal) reach

To succeed in having an effect on

An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

To extend as far as

To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

To project as far as

To care for; to heed; to reck.

To travel as far as

An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting;

To aggregate or amount to

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

(Informal) To grasp and hand over to another

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

To extend or move a hand, arm, or other body part, especially when trying to touch or grasp something

To have extension in space or time

To have an influence or effect

To make an effort to address the needs of a group or community. Often used with out

(Nautical) To sail with the wind abeam.

The act or an instance of stretching or thrusting out

The extent or distance something can reach

Range of understanding; comprehension

Range or scope of influence or effect

An expanse of land or water, such as a stretch of water visible between bends in a river or channel.

A rank or level in a social group or organization

A pole connecting the rear axle of a vehicle with the front.

(Nautical) The tack of a sailing vessel with the wind abeam.

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

(transitive) 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.

(intransitive) To stretch out the hand.

(transitive) 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 strike or touch.

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

(transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.

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

To make contact with.

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

To arrive at a particular destination.

(transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).

(obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.

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

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

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

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

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.

(obsolete or dialect) retch.

To retch.

To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.

To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.

To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.

Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.

To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.

To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.

To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

To understand; to comprehend.

To overreach; to deceive.

To stretch out the hand.

To strain after something; to make efforts.

To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.

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

An effort to vomit.

The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.

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.

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.

An artifice to obtain an advantage.

The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.

The limits within which something can be effective;

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

The act of physically reaching or thrusting out

The limit of capability;

Reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;

Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense;

Be in or establish communication with;

To gain with effort;

To extend as far as;

Reach a goal, e.g.,

Place into the hands or custody of;

To exert much effort or energy;