(1):

(n.) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

(2):

(v. i.) Movements to gain favor; advances.

(3):

(v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

(4):

(v. i.) See Approaching.

(5):

(v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

(6):

(v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.

(7):

(v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

(8):

(v. i.) The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

(9):

(v. t.) To take approaches to.

(10):

(v. t.) 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.

(11):

(v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.

(12):

(v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.