beach
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Is beach a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.KentUKdialectal
2. (motor racing, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap.Synonyms: gravel trapeuphemistic
3. (sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.Examples: "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 (English)
1. (intransitive) To run aground on a beach.Examples: "When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea."intransitive
2. (transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.Examples: "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."transitive
3. (of a vehicle) 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.
Definition source: Wiktionary