beach
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
beaches
plural
beaches
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEACH
[count]
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an area covered with sand or small rocks that is next to an ocean or lake
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We spent the day at the beach.
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walking/lying on the beach
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white, sandy beaches
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private/public beaches
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beach
/ˈbiːtʃ/
verb
beaches;
beached;
beaching
2
beach
/ˈbiːtʃ/
verb
beaches;
beached;
beaching
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEACH
[+ object]
1
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to cause (a boat or ship) to go out of the water and onto a beach
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The pirates beached the ship on the island.
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◊ When a large ocean animal, such as a whale, is beached or has beached itself, it has come out of the water onto land and is unable to return to the water.
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People were trying to rescue a whale that had beached itself on the shore.
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a beached whale
