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beach

1

[ beech ]

noun

  1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
  2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.

    Synonyms: littoral, strand, seashore, coast

  3. the area adjacent to a seashore:

    We're vacationing at the beach.



verb (used with object)

  1. Nautical. to haul or run onto a beach:

    We beached the ship to save it.

  2. to make inoperative or unemployed.

    Synonyms: ground

Beach

2

[ beech ]

noun

  1. Alfred Ely, 1826–96, U.S. editor, publisher, and inventor.
  2. Amy Marcey Cheney [mahr, -see], 1867–1944, U.S. composer and pianist.
  3. Moses Yale, 1800–68, U.S. newspaper publisher.
  4. Rex El·ling·wood [el, -ing-w, oo, d], 1877–1949, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  5. Sylvia Woodbridge, 1887–1962, U.S. bookseller and publisher in France.

beach

/ biːtʃ /

noun

  1. an extensive area of sand or shingle sloping down to a sea or lake, esp the area between the high- and low-water marks on a seacoast littoral
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verb

  1. to run or haul (a boat) onto a beach
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

beach

/ bēch /

  1. The area of accumulated sand, stone, or gravel deposited along a shore by the action of waves and tides. Beaches usually slope gently toward the body of water they border and have a concave shape. They extend landward from the low water line to the point where there is a distinct change in material (as in a line of vegetation) or in land features (as in a cliff).


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Other Words From

  • beachless adjective
  • un·beached adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beach1

First recorded in 1525–35; of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beach1

C16: perhaps related to Old English bæce river, beck ²
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Synonym Study

See shore 1.
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Example Sentences

Meyers spent much of his childhood on beaches in and around Los Angeles, becoming a lifeguard after one of his brothers drowned.

I have a restaurant and it’s in the middle of Florida, but my family moves to the beach every summer.

A theater like Clear Space adds to the vibrancy of Rehoboth and its role as a beach resort town, Combs said.

Clouds dissolve into Côte d’Azur sun, warming bikini-clad women lounging in beach chairs.

The beach, apparently, is not as distracting as the office Keurig machine.

Dinner was a baroque affair, on the beach, a warm breeze gently blowing.

The city protests that a beach is not a suitable place to feed the hungry.

One of the three, Ralph Goodwin, is said to have drowned while swimming at a beach outside Havana.

Inside the Miami Beach Convention Center, there is a lot of good art—but more pretty art.

She had enrolled at Maimonides University in North Miami Beach in order to work towards a degree in clinical sexology.

If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

The little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry.

My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.

Going back, found that the lighter loads of wounded already taken off have by no means cleared the beach.

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