1
: shore pebbles : shingle
2
a
: a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments
b
: a seashore area
beached; beaching; beaches
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
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 up
Verb
The pirates beached the ship on the island.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Today, he was shot on the beach while celebrating Hanukkah by antisemitic terrorists.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
Both Michigan and Indiana have taken this issue up to their respective Supreme Courts, ultimately protecting the right to walk on Great Lakes beaches below the high water mark.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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Noun
This time around, there will be three training sessions in Adelaide on the back of a mini getaway in Noosa, on southern Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, where England spent plenty of time on the beach and, of course, managed to fit in a game of golf or two.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Today, he was shot on the beach while celebrating Hanukkah by antisemitic terrorists.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Verb
While Florida beaches get praised for looking like the Caribbean and having out-of-this-world blue waters, beaches in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have to work a little harder to earn their fans.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
Both Michigan and Indiana have taken this issue up to their respective Supreme Courts, ultimately protecting the right to walk on Great Lakes beaches below the high water mark.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beach. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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beach
1 of 2 noun
: a sandy or gravelly part of the shore of a body of water
beach
2 of 2 verb
: to run or drive ashore
beach a boat
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