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beach

  [beech]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
4. Nautical. to haul or run onto a beach: We beached the ship to save it.
5. to make inoperative or unemployed.
Origin:
1525–35; of obscure orig.

Related forms:
beachless, adjective

Synonyms:
2. coast, seashore, strand, littoral, sands. See shore 1 . 5. ground.
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beach   (bēch)   
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.

tr.v.   beached, beach·ing, beach·es

  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 leave stranded or helpless.


[Perhaps Middle English beche, stream, from Old English bece.]
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Word Origin & History

beach 
c.1535, probably from O.E. bæce, bece "stream," from P.Gmc. *bakiz. The initial extension was to loose, pebbly shores (1596), and in dialect around Sussex and Kent beach still has the meaning "pebbles worn by the waves." Fr. grève shows the same evolution. The verb "to haul or run up on a beach" is first attested 1840. Beach bum first recorded 1962. Beachhead (1940) is on the model of bridgehead.
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Science Dictionary
beach   (bēch)  Pronunciation Key 
The area of accumulated sand, stone, or gravel deposited along a shore by the action of waves and tides. Beaches usually slope gently toward the body of water they border and have a concave shape. They extend landward from the low water line to the point where there is a distinct change in material (as in a line of vegetation) or in land features (as in a cliff).
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