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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
  • The production feels more grounded and more nuanced than that of The Secret of Us, whose rootsy foundation sometimes had a plastic sheen.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
  • And remember, headlines about economic uncertainty can create additional stress, so do your best to stay grounded and separate information from alarm.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of grounded
Verb
  • The former head of the Damietta Port Authority, Major General Ayman Salah, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the regasification ship was moored next to the LNG tanker in the harbour.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • The International Maritime Organization says there are still roughly 6,000 seafarers and around 500 ships moored in the Persian Gulf behind the strait.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Definition of moored
Verb
  • In ‘The Strange Architect,’ VanderMeer explores the legacy of Arthur Bream, a man whose dreams of building a utopian community are wrecked when his daughter goes missing.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • The brutal heat and intense working conditions inside the kitchen and the front area of the business come after a thief wrecked the rooftop air conditioning unit in search of copper wiring.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • The regime claims that the four officers were tied up in the city’s central square, stoned, and then burned alive.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Is there even any real need, when FIFA is sitting on billions of reserves and has more billions tied up in bonds, investments and other deposits?
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of tied up
Verb
  • More than 20 day-trippers, campers and anglers were temporarily stranded at Gunnison National Park after mudslides blocked East Portal Road, officials added.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • Last seen in The Marvels (2023), where Monica Rambeau sacrificed herself to close a multiversal rift and ended up stranded on the other side of it, in a universe where the X-Men exist.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of stranded
Verb
  • They are subsequently shipwrecked, with Odysseus left as the sole survivor on the shores of Calypso’s island.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Over Your Dead Body follows a married couple whose relationship is beyond shipwrecked.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of shipwrecked

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