Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The straight course or reach of a winding river which stretches out toward the sea.

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Examples

  • The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Heart of Darkness 1960

  • The white man, turning his back upon the setting sun, looked along the empty and broad expanse of the sea-reach.

    Tales of Unrest 1920

  • The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Heart of Darkness 1902

  • The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Youth And Two Other Stories 1899

  • The sea-reach of the Thames is straight, and, once Sheerness is left behind, its banks seem very uninhabited, except for the cluster of houses which is

    The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad 1890

  • The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890

  • The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890

  • "The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows spirosd 2010

  • "The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows spirosd 2010

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