Beach

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  • noun. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
  • noun. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
  • noun. The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.
  • intransitive verb. To run, haul, or bring ashore.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a whale or other sea animal) to be unable to swim free from a beach.
  • intransitive verb. To run or be hauled ashore.
  • intransitive verb. To be stranded on a beach. Used of sea animals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To run or haul up (a ship or boat) on the beach.
  • To land upon a beach.
  • noun. The loose pebbles of the seashore; shingle.
  • noun. That part of the shore of the sea or of a lake which is washed by the tide and waves; the strand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
  • noun. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
  • noun. the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidæ, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas.
  • noun. a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves.
  • noun. a light open wagon with two or more seats.
  • noun. an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions.
  • transitive verb. To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
  • noun. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
  • noun. The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
  • verb. To run (something) aground on a beach.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
  • verb. land on a beach
  • Word Usage
    "The litter on the main beach is not to be believed."
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    land  setdown  
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    Peach  Teach  beech  beseech  bleach  
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    bank  bay  cliff  desert  grind  
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    bank  berm  careen  cast away  coast  
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