beach
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Definition of beach
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : shore pebbles : shingle
2a : a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments
b : a seashore area
beach
verbDefinition of beach (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to run or drive ashore beaching the landing craft in the assault The storm damaged and beached half the fleet.
2 : to strand on or as if on a beach a beached shark
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Examples of beach in a Sentence
Noun
We spent the day at the beach. she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast upVerb
The pirates beached the ship on the island.
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Ireland’s Robbie Keane famously did a cartwheel, while Denmark’s Brian Laudrup, in 1998, posed on the ground like a swimsuit model at the beach. — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, "The World Cup of Boring Celebrations," 13 July 2018 Candice Swanepoel isn’t going to let trolls ruin her beach day. — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, "This Victoria’s Secret Model’s Bikini Photos Are Proof You Don’t Have to Hide Your Postpartum Belly," 11 July 2018 From 1990 to 2006 there were 16 U.S. deaths due to falling in a hole at the beach compared to 11 shark attack deaths. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Sharks vs. humans: At 100 million deaths against 6 each year, it's not a fair fight," 11 July 2018 Life at the beach is, like, party, party, party, O.K.?’ In a 1984 Vanity Fair profile, Whoopi Goldberg talked about her difficulties getting cast in dinner theaters early in her career. — Aisha Harris, New York Times, "When Black Performers Use Their ‘White Voice’," 10 July 2018 There’s no real challenges in being in school all year except for not being at the beach. — Maya Moore, Courant Community, "It's July 9 And These Hartford Students Are Back In School," 9 July 2018 High surf and extreme heat in the region could cause potentially dangerous conditions at the beach and throughout the region this weekend, forecasters said. — Ramona Sentinel, "National Weather Service issues excessive heat warning for Friday," 5 July 2018 Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez had a wonderful 4th of July that included car karaoke, sparklers and relaxing at the beach. — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, "Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez enjoy lengthy car karaoke session," 5 July 2018 Despite their relaxing beach day, the pair’s Hamptons vacation hasn’t been all smooth. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, "Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Continue Their Hamptons Getaway with a Beach Trip," 4 July 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Benitez also participates in Key Club, an international service organization for high school students to work on projects ranging from community food drives to beach clean-up projects. — P.k. Daniel, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Union-Tribune Academic Athletes of the Year," 7 June 2018 June 6 - Officially announced that Allied troops beached in France at 1630. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018 The apparent drowning death came as San Diego County beaches remain under a high surf advisory, with 4- to 6-foot waves propelled by a south swell. — Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Man found dead from apparent drowning in Pacific Beach," 12 June 2018 The small cameras could also be used to better understand why whales beach themselves and to more quickly locate sunken ships or planes lost at sea. — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, "Lost at sea? This camera mimics way shrimp see and might help rescuers find you | Miami Herald," 4 Apr. 2018 The sightings Thursday mean that great white sharks have been spotted off Cape Cod beaches three out of four days since Monday. — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, "Great white shark named James and another with no name spotted off Cape," 5 July 2018 More information on Waukesha County beaches is available at bit.ly/WaukeshaCountybeaches. — Henry J. Morgan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Menomonee Park beach opens Saturday. Here's what you need to know.," 15 June 2018 Over 800 people who flocked to Central Florida beaches over the weekend and into Monday walked away with painful jellyfish stings, according to multiple outlets. — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, "Over 800 People Stung by Jellyfish at Central Florida Beaches in Only Three Days," 13 June 2018 The last commenter in that section of Facebook comments lays the blame where most experts do — beach erosion due to shoreline construction. — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Build sea walls and jetties, plant mangroves — readers share their alternatives to piling sand on beaches," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beach.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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The first known use of beach was circa 1535
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beach
noun
English Language Learners Definition of beach
(Entry 1 of 2)
: an area covered with sand or small rocks that is next to an ocean or lake
beach
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of beach (Entry 2 of 2)
: to cause (a boat or ship) to go out of the water and onto a beach
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beach
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Kids Definition of beach
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a sandy or gravelly part of the shore of an ocean or a lake
beach
verbKids Definition of beach (Entry 2 of 2)
: to run or drive ashore beach a boat
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