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Definition of Beach

1. Noun. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.

2. Verb. Land on a beach. "The men beach the boat "; "The ship beached near the port"

Definition of Beach

1. n. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

2. v. t. To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

Definition of Beach

1. Noun. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. ¹

2. Noun. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water. ¹

3. Noun. (UK dialectal Sussex Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle. ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) A carefree time, something easy and relaxing. ¹

5. Verb. To run (something) aground on a beach. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beach

1. to drive ashore [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Beach

1. 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions. 3. Beach flea, the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidae, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. 4. Beach grass, a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves. Origin: Cf. Sw. Backe hill, Dan. Bakke, Icel. Bakki hill, bank. Cf. Bank. (24 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beach

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Literary usage of Beach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"JKL beach or BECHE, JOHN (d. 1539), last abbot of St. John's Abbey, Colchester, was educated at Oxford, but nothing is known of his career until his ..."

2. Bulletin by Philippines. Bureau of forestry (1906)
"beach TYPE. Since the coastal line of the tract is open and exposed to the direct action of the waves, a narrow beach has heen formed, separating the swamp ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"(c) That the arrangement of the shingle on the Chesil beach is due in but small ... If friable, they no longer remain on the surface of the beach ; if not ..."

4. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1904)
"The clays themselves are not beach deposits, hut are the off-shore equivalents of ... —Following southward along the beach from the southern end of the ..."

5. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"beach Cusps.—Along lake and sea beaches, particularly the latter, triangular ridges or cusps are sometimes found at regular intervals of 10 to 40 ft. or ..."

6. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1902)
"Diamond beach. A little over a mile south of the Dog's Head is the Diamond beach, so-called from the numerous small stones of pellucid (yellow, red, ..."

7. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
"ON THE beach AT NIGHT ON the beach at night, Stands a child with her father, Watching the east, ... From the beach the child holding the hand of her father, ..."

8. Egypt by Eva Ambros (2001)
"Marriott beach Resort. Na'ama Bay. tel. 600190, fax 600188. ... Helnan Holiday Village, tel. 500401. Safari beach Resort, 18 km north of ..."

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