Beach

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
  • n. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
  • v. To leave stranded or helpless.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
  • n. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
  • n. The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
  • v. To run (something) aground on a beach.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
  • n. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
  • v. To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The loose pebbles of the seashore; shingle.
  • n. That part of the shore of the sea or of a lake which is washed by the tide and waves; the strand.
  • To run or haul up (a ship or boat) on the beach.
  • To land upon a beach.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
  • v. land on a beach
  • Antonym
    depths   
    Verb Form
    beached    beaches    beaching    beachs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    setdown    land   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    beached    beaching    unbeached   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shingle    strand    ground    sand    cove    surf   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Peach    Teach    beech    beseech    bleach    breach    breech    creach    each    impeach   
    Unknown
    Art & Culture    Travel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shore    lake    cliff    hill    island    sand    road    valley    bank    ocean