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   beach

   /biːtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a strip of land covered with sand, shingle, or small stones at the edge of a body of water, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks: "fabulous sandy beaches"

   verb

   • 1. run or haul up (a boat or ship) on to a beach: "at the water's edge a rowing boat was beached" Similar landreach the shorerun ashoregroundbe groundedrun agroundshipwreckwreckrun on the rocksbe high and dryOpposite put to seadepart
   • ▪ (of an angler) land (a fish) on a beach: "he managed to beach a fine trout" Similar catchcapturelandhookreel in
   • ▪ (of a whale or similar animal) become stranded out of the water: "we don't know what causes whales to beach" Similar make/become strandedmake/become beachedstrandgroundget stuck
   • ▪ leave (someone) at a loss: "competitive procurement seems to have beached several firms"

   Word 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 Wisbech and Sandbach), assuming an intermediate sense ‘pebbly river valley’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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