beach

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

beaches

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

beach

past (v2)

beached

past participle (v3)

beached

present participle

beaching

3rd person singular

beaches

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

   • The beach isn't far from here.
   • I just lay on the beach and watched people swim.
   • We went to the beach.

2. 2.A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

   • Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.

3. 3.Synonym of gravel trap.

   • The beach isn't far from here.
   • I just lay on the beach and watched people swim.
   • We went to the beach.

4. 4.A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.

   • The series was brought to an ironic conclusion when England became hoist by their own petard, as they lost the deciding final Test on a 'beach' of a wicket. Neither side batted well.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

2. 2.To run aground on a beach.

   • When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.

3. 3.To run (something) aground on a beach.

   • It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.

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