to beach
- verb
- /biːtʃ/
- Oh, I, um-- I beached my boat, like, way on the other side of the island.
- beached whales
- beached boat
Examples
-
We beached on the rocks.
-
I carried him to a sandy cove at the south entrance to the inlet and beached the skiff.
Fiction book (1995) -
Wait till they beach the equipment.
-
Beach them if they have to!
-
Jim: I mean to beach her on the other side of the island and keep her hid.
Fiction book (1998) -
We'll beach the canoe and change these horrible duds.
-
As darkness approached, we beached the boats at a village and arranged to spend the night.
Academic text (1993) -
Two more canoes carved a path to the shore and beached upstream.
Fiction book (1994) -
A battered aluminum canoe was beached beside the tarp, a sleeping bag thrown across the gunwales to dry.
Fiction book (2001) -
The fishermen will beach the boat on the shore once they finish their trip.
Synonyms
To get a boat or ship stuck in shallow water near the shore
For a ship to hit the ground in shallow water
To bring people or things from a boat onto land
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A city in southeast Florida on the mainland near Palm Beach with beaches, shops, and warm weather
A city by the ocean in southeastern Virginia, United States, with long beaches and a boardwalk
A city and beach resort in northeastern Florida known for wide sandy beaches and car races
A tough grass with strong roots that grows on sandy shores and stops sand dunes from moving
- Specialized
A plant with thick leaves and sticky stems that makes one pink or purple flower on coastal bluffs
A small plant with fine white hairs that grows on sandy beaches in northeastern North America
A low plant near the sea with round heads of dark red flowers that grow on sandy dunes
A low plant with long stems and large flowers that grows on sandy beaches
- UK
A wild plant with purple flowers that grows on sandy coasts and helps hold the sand
- US
A shrub that grows on the northeast coast and makes white flowers and purple fruit you can eat
A low plant with groups of pink or white flowers that grows on sandy coasts
- UK
A car with a long body and back door with extra space behind the back seat for bags or people
- Specialized
A plant with greyish leaves that grows on sandy coasts of eastern North America and is grown in gardens
How Stranded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beach as a verb comes from the noun beach and simply means to bring or run something onto the 'shore', which is why ships or whales can be 'beached'.