Attain Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Attain crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on February 25 2024 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Attain has a total of 5 letters.
Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
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99% | REACH | Attain | Newsday |
20% | EKE | ___ out (barely attain) | USA Today |
20% | FEAT | Attainment | Wall Street Journal |
20% | NTH | Highest degree attainable? | New York Times |
20% | ARHAT | Buddhist who has attained nirvana | LA Times |
Definition
• | To retch. |
• | An effort to vomit. |
• | 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. |
• | 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. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Thomas Joseph: Apr 30, 2024
- Newsday: Feb 25, 2024
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