All 4 Uses

approach
in
Walk Two Moons
(Edited)

I wanted to warn him. "Phoebe and I saw her slashing and hacking away at the bushes in her backyard."
"Is there something wrong with that?" he asked.
I tried another approach. "Her voice is like dead leaves blowing around, and her hair is spooky."
p. 107.3 *

approach = way of doing something
As she approached the corner of the barn where the sugar maple stands, she plucked a few blackberries from a stray bush and popped them into her mouth.
p. 113.1

approached = moved toward
As we approached each curve, I could see us smashing straight on into a truck or a camper.
p. 214.3

approached = got near
In the east the sky was smoky gray, and I was glad for the approaching dawn.
p. 250.2 *

approaching = coming

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.