Definition of approached:
(v) :
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
(v) :
(intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
(v) :
(ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
(v) :
(transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
(v) :
(transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
(v) :
(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.