v. to extend across; to stretch from one point another; to bridge; to measure with an extended hand; to surround with the hand or hands

n. true or fictional account of some occurrence; short work of fiction; plot; news report; joke; anecdote; lie; fib; floor; single horizontal division of a building

v. to look over; to observe; to examine carefully; to study; to measure and record the characteristics of a plot of land; to map

n. approach; entry; permission to enter a computer system or network and/or retrieve data

n. conference; routine; custom; treaty

n. forward movement; progress; modernization; promotion; amount or payment of money given before it is due

v. to construct; to create; to increase intensity; to energize

v. to bring together; to assemble; to collect; to amass; to accumulate; to harvest; to conclude; to deduce

n. derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

n. act of surprising; astonishment; something which startles or astonishes; unexpected event