beach
noun
[ biːtʃ ]
• a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks.
• "fabulous sandy beaches"
Similar:
seaside,
seashore,
shore,
coast,
coastline,
coastal region,
seaboard,
foreshore,
water's edge,
margin,
sands,
sand,
shingle,
(sand) dunes,
lido,
plage,
littoral,
strand,
beach
verb
• run or haul up (a boat or ship) on to a beach.
• "at the water's edge a rowing boat was beached"
Similar:
land,
reach the shore,
run ashore,
ground,
be grounded,
run aground,
shipwreck,
wreck,
run on the rocks,
be high and dry,
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting shingle on the seashore): perhaps related to Old English bæce, bece ‘brook’ (an element that survives in place names such as Wis bech and Sand bach ), assuming an intermediate sense ‘pebbly river valley’.
