beach

UK: /ˈbiːtʃ/ US: /bitʃ/ ,(bēch)

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beach /bitʃ/   n. 

[countable]
1. an area of sand along a shore:
   the beaches of the islands of Greece.

v. 

2. Nautical, Naval Terms to run (a boat) onto a beach: [~ + object]
   We beached the boat and headed inland.
   [no object]
   The boats beached and the soldiers got out.

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beach  (bēch), n. 

1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
3. the area adjacent to a seashore:
   We're vacationing at the beach.

v.t. 

4. Nautical, Naval Terms to haul or run onto a beach:
   We beached the ship to save it.
5. to make inoperative or unemployed.

• of obscure origin, originally 1525–35

beach′less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 2. . coast, seashore, strand, littoral, sands. See shore ¹.
• 5. . ground.

Beach  (bēch), n. 

1. Biographical Moses Yale, 1800–68, U.S. newspaper publisher.

Rex El•ling•wood  (el′ing wŏŏd′), 1877–1949, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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beach / biːtʃ/ 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

verb

1. to run or haul (a boat) onto a beach

Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps related to Old English bæce river, beck²