| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.[Websters]
2. To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: forereaching, forereached, forereaches, forereacher, forereachers, forereachingly and forereachedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FOREREACH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1820. (references) |
