All 10 Uses

approach
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Sometimes it seemed impossible that he should fail to hear our approach.
Chpt 9

approach = getting near
A boulder of granite concealed our approach, and crouching behind it we gazed over it at the signal light.
Chpt 9 *
Then once more the footsteps approached and a shadow fell across the opening of the hut.
Chpt 11

approached = came near
But it had not approached the body?†
Chpt 3
A square balustraded gallery ran round the top of the old hall, approached by a double stair.†
Chpt 6
The woman who approached me was certainly that, and of a most uncommon type.†
Chpt 7
As I approached the hut, walking as warily as Stapleton would do when with poised net he drew near the settled butterfly, I satisfied myself that the place had indeed been used as a habitation.†
Chpt 11
Together we made our way down the precipitous slope and approached the body, black and clear against the silvered stones.†
Chpt 12
A figure was approaching us over the moor, and I saw the dull red glow of a cigar.†
Chpt 12
On seeing him lying still the creature had probably approached to sniff at him, but finding him dead had turned away again.†
Chpt 15

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.