Reaching

verb

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

   "He reached for a weapon that was on the table."

2. 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.

   "to reach one a book"

3. To stretch out the hand.
4. 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.

   "The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes."

5. To strike or touch with a missile.

   "His bullet reached its intended target."