Approach
Approach , intransitive verb
[Old English approchen, aprochen, Old French approcher, Late Latin appropriare, from Latin ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.]
1.
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
2.
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
Approach , transitive verb
1.
To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] — Boyle
2.
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
3.
(Military) To take approaches to.
Approach , noun
[Compare French approche. See Approach, v. i.]
1.
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
The approach of summer.
A nearer approach to the human type.
2.
A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
The approach to kings and principal persons.
3.
Movements to gain favor; advances.
4.
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. — Macaulay
5.
(Fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
6.
(Horticulture) See Approaching.
7.
(Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
8.
(Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.
9.
(Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.