beach — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

beautiful, fine, lovely, magnificent, palm-fringed, sun-drenched | golden, sandy, white | pebble, shingle | bathing, pleasure | deserted, empty, private, secluded

BEACH + VERB

stretch

The sandy beach stretched along the entire coastline, perfect for a long walk.

PREP

along a/the ~

We rode our bikes along the beach on a sunny afternoon last summer.

at a/the ~

My family enjoys building sandcastles at the beach during summer holidays.

on a/the ~

We played volleyball on the beach every summer when I was a child.

Definitions

noun

1

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

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.

2

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.

3

The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

4

Synonym of gravel trap.

5

A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.

I never realised Lincoln was a seaside town. BRIAN LAWS Scunthorpe manager, after losing on a liberally sanded beach of a pitch

The series was brought to an ironic conclusion when England became hoist by their own petard, as they lost the deciding final Test on a 'beach' of a wicket. Neither side batted well.

verb

1

To run aground on a beach.

When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.

2

To run (something) aground on a beach.

It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.

Great Aías led twelve ships from Sálamis and beached them where Athenians formed for battle.

3

To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

name

1

A surname.

“The commissioner does not affect the numbers,’’ Beach said. “They don’t collect the data. They don’t massage the data. They don’t organize it.”

2

A surname.

3

A surname.

4

A surname.

5

A placename

Thesaurus

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Idioms & Phrases

day at the beach

An easy and pleasant task or situation.

If she could do that, snowshoeing down a mountain pass seemed like a day at the beach in comparison.

on the beach

Removed or retired from an active shipboard position in the navy or merchant navy.

Ericson had been axed from the navy in 1927, after ten years’ service: he had been on the beach for two hard years[.]

there are plenty of pebbles on the beach

Synonym of there are plenty of fish in the sea.

there are plenty more pebbles on the beach

Alternative form of there are plenty of pebbles on the beach.

Example Bank

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Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching

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02

Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.

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03

I never realised Lincoln was a seaside town. BRIAN LAWS Scunthorpe manager, after losing on a liberally sanded beach of a pitch

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04

When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.

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05

It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar

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06

Great Aías led twelve ships from Sálamis and beached them where Athenians formed for battle.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, beach is marked as UK, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.