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Beach

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Noun

1. beach

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

Verb

2. beach

land on a beach

Example Sentences:
'the ship beached near the port'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beach

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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
▶ Related adjective: littoral
verb
2. 
to run or haul (a boat) onto a beach

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Beach

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noun
1. 
a nearly level stretch of pebbles and sand beside a sea, lake, etc., often washed by high water; sandy shore; strand
2. 
an area of shore as a place for swimming, sunbathing, etc.
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3. 
to ground (a boat) on a beach

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Beach

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n.
1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
3. 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. beached, beach·ing, beach·es
v.tr.
1. To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
2. To cause (a whale or other sea animal) to be unable to swim free from a beach.
v.intr.
1. To run or be hauled ashore: We beached near the palm trees.
2. To be stranded on a beach. Used of sea animals.
American bookseller who owned an influential bookstore in Paris from 1919 to 1941. She published the first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses in 1922.
American pianist and composer noted for her songs and chamber music as well as for the Grand Mass (1892) and Gaelic Symphony (1896).

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