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reach out
Overview of verb reach-out
The verb reach out has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) reach, reach out -- (move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people")
2. (3) extend, poke out, reach out -- (reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk")
3. reach out -- (attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me")
Antonyms of verb reach-out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reach-out
3 senses of reach out
Sense 1
reach, reach out
=> move
Sense 2
extend, poke out, reach out
=> be
Sense 3
reach out
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb reach-out
1 of 3 senses of reach out
Sense 3
reach out
=> draw out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reach-out
3 senses of reach out
Sense 1
reach, reach out
=> move
Sense 2
extend, poke out, reach out
=> be
Sense 3
reach out
=> interact
'Cause To' of verb reach-out
Derived Forms of verb reach-out
Domain of verb reach-out
Domain Terms of verb reach-out
Familiarity of verb reach-out
reach out used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb reach-out
3 senses of reach out
Sense 1
reach, reach out
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
extend, poke out, reach out
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
reach out
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb reach-out
3 senses of reach out
Sense 1
reach, reach out
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 2
extend, poke out, reach out
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 3
reach out
> interact
=> conspire, collude
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> reach out
=> patronize, patronise, condescend
=> communicate
=> manipulate, keep in line, control
=> transact
=> marginalize, marginalise
=> combine
=> have
=> invite, pay for
=> socialize, socialise
=> get in touch, touch base, connect
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
=> relate
=> treat, handle, do by
=> fall all over
=> intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
=> consort, associate, affiliate, assort
=> philander, womanize, womanise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb reach-out
Sense 1
reach, reach out
=> move
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Sense 2
extend, poke out, reach out
=> be
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Sense 3
reach out
=> interact
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