beached 1 of 2

adjective

as in stranded
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water the beached whale had to be helped back out to sea

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beached

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verb

past tense of beach
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as in moored

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as in wrecked

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Recent Examples of beached
Adjective
Despite these efforts, high tide came and went, and the whale remained beached. — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Hundreds of sea turtles become beached or stranded every year from injury, disease, illness or environmental threats, the zoo says. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 The idea that someone could actually live in the studio — which from the outside looks a bit like a large beached Sausalito houseboat — was clarifying for actor Steven Lee Johnson, who plays audio engineer Charlie in the show. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beached
  1. grounded
  2. moored
  3. wrecked
  4. tied up
  5. stranded
  6. shipwrecked
Adjective
  • Director Destin Daniel Cretton wanted a more grounded, street-level Spider-Man, with the city itself integral to the story.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • By evening, the Moon enters Sagittarius and pulls you toward something more grounded and familiar.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of grounded
Verb
  • Once moored, a boardwalk leads through old-growth forest to the fault itself, where ocean water is drawn in, heated up high and released through fissures in the rock.
    — Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In the summer of 2021, Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, was invited onto a superyacht moored off the ancient city of Durrës, on the Adriatic coast.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of moored
Verb
  • Researchers believe the ship may have been traveling from the Levantine coast, which runs from Turkey in the north to Egypt in the south, to Troy or Crete when it was wrecked.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The story centers on an influencer whose life is wrecked by an online pile-on.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • Even after Hammami was tied up (passengers used headphone cords and plastic zip ties), the passengers and crew were in danger.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The town has spent years wrestling with how to reduce aircraft noise, including past efforts to impose curfews and restrictions becoming tied up in court.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tied up
Verb
  • There is a possibility of being stranded on Hatteras Island for multiple days.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Two Utah residents who hiked Mount Shasta in Northern California were rescued after they became stranded during a perilous 36-hour journey through freezing conditions.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of stranded
Verb
  • In a passage from the Book of Acts, Paul is shipwrecked while sailing for Rome.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • They are subsequently shipwrecked, with Odysseus left as the sole survivor on the shores of Calypso’s island.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of shipwrecked

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“Beached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beached. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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