beach
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
Proto-Germanic *bakiz
Proto-West Germanic *baki
Old English bæċ
Middle English bache
English beach
From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”).
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian pach (“brook, creek, stream”), Dutch beek (“brook, stream”), German Bach (“brook, stream”), German Low German Beek (“brook, stream”), Luxembourgish Baach (“brook, stream”), Mòcheno pòch (“brook, creek, stream”), Vilamovian bāh, baoch (“brook, stream”), Danish bæk (“brook”), Icelandic bekkur (“creek, spring, stream”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk bekk (“brook, creek, stream”), Swedish bäck (“brook, creek, stream”); also Lithuanian banga (“billow, wave”). More at batch, beck.
Inflected forms:
form: beaches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beaches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beaching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: beached
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: beached
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
pos: noun
examples: Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.
gloss: The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
pos: noun
tags: Kent
UK
dialectal
gloss: Synonym of gravel trap.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
gloss: A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
pos: noun
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.
gloss: To run aground on a beach.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.
gloss: To run (something) aground on a beach.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
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.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
Synonyms: strand
Derived words: Airlie Beach
Aldinga Beach
American Beach
Apollo Beach
Arizona's beach
Armstrong Beach
Avalon Beach
Avoca Beach
backbeach
Bakers Beach
Balgal Beach
Balnarring Beach
Banksia Beach
Bar Beach
Baudin Beach
Beach
beach apple
beach bag
beach ball
beachball
beach ball diagram
beach ball plot
beach bar
beachberry
beach body
beach book
beachbound
beach box
beachboy
beach break
beach buggy
beach bum
beach bunny
beach bur
beach cabbage
beachcam
beachcast
beach chair
beachcomber
beachcombing
beach cruiser
beach day
beach episode
beach flea
beachfront
beachful
beach girl
beachgirl
beach-girl
beach-goer
beachgoer
beachgoing
beachgrass
beach hat
beach head
beach-head
beachhead
Beach Holm
beachhouse
beach hut
beachie
beachkeeper
Beachlands
beachless
beachlet
beachlike
beachline
beachmaster
Beachmere
beach mining
beach nourishment
beach party
beach pea
beach plum
Beachport
beach read
beach ridge
beach rubbing
beachsalmon
beach sandal
beachscape
beachside
beach soccer
beach stone-curlew
beach strawberry
beach sunflower
beach thick-knee
beach towel
beach transect
beach umbrella
beach volleyball
beach volleyball player
beach wagon
beachward
beachwards
beachwear
beachwort
beachy
Bells Beach
Bilgola Beach
Blacks Beach
Blueys Beach
Bluff Beach
Boat Harbour Beach
Bonbeach
Bondi Beach
Boomerang Beach
Boynton Beach
Bradley Beach
Bramston Beach
Bream Beach
bring sand to the beach
Broadbeach
Broadbeach Waters
Brown Beach
Burns Beach
Bushland Beach
Cabarita Beach
Cable Beach
Callala Beach
Campwin Beach
Canton Beach
Cape beach daisy
Capistrano Beach
Castaways Beach
Caves Beach
Chesil Beach
Christies Beach
City Beach
Clifton Beach
Cocoa Beach
Conway Beach
Coolum Beach
Cooya Beach
Corindi Beach
Cowley Beach
Culburra Beach
Currawong Beach
Dania Beach
day at the beach
Daytona Beach
Delray Beach
Denhams Beach
Depot Beach
Diamond Beach
Dicky Beach
Dingo Beach
Dundee Beach
Dundowran Beach
East Beach
Edgcumbe Beach
Eighty Mile Beach
Elizabeth Beach
Ellis Beach
Emerald Beach
Ettalong Beach
Flamingo Beach
forebeach
Forrest Beach
Forresters Beach
Fort Myers Beach
Fort Walton Beach
Friendly Beaches
Garners Beach
Glomar Beach
Godwin Beach
Gold Beach
Golden Beach
Goode Beach
Goolwa Beach
Grants Beach
Grasstree Beach
Gravelly Beach
Great Mackerel Beach
Greenhills Beach
Greens Beach
Hallandale Beach
Hawley Beach
Henley Beach
Henley Beach South
High Beach
Holloways Beach
Hyams Beach
Island Beach
Jensen Beach
Juno Beach
Kewarra Beach
Kings Beach
Kingston Beach
Kinka Beach
Kurrimine Beach
Kwinana Beach
Lake Tyers Beach
Lake Worth Beach
Long Beach
Machans Beach
MacMasters Beach
Macmasters Beach
Main Beach
Maloneys Beach
Manhattan Beach
Manns Beach
Marcus Beach
Maslin Beach
McEwens Beach
McLoughlins Beach
Melbourne Beach
Mermaid Beach
Merricks Beach
Mexico Beach
Miami Beach
Middle Beach
Middleton Beach
Mission Beach
Moffat Beach
Mollymook Beach
Monument Beach
Moonee Beach
Moore Park Beach
Muriwai Beach
Murrays Beach
Muscle Beach
Myponga Beach
Myrtle Beach
nonbeach
North Beach
Northern Beaches
North Miami Beach
nude beach
Nudgee Beach
nudist beach
Oak Beach
Ocean Beach
Old Beach
Old Orchard Beach
Omaha Beach
on the beach
Ormond Beach
O'Sullivan Beach
palaeobeach
paleobeach
Palm Beach
Pambula Beach
Panama City Beach
Paradise Beach
Parsons Beach
Patchs Beach
Pearl Beach
Pebbly Beach
Peppermint Grove Beach
Peregian Beach
Pilning and Severn Beach
Pinks Beach
Pinny Beach
Pismo Beach
pocket beach
Pompano Beach
Preston Beach
Pretty Beach
Rainbow Beach
raised beach
Ramsgate Beach
rebeach
Red Beach
Revere Beach
Riviera Beach
Robertsons Beach
Roches Beach
Round Lake Beach
Rules Beach
Safety Beach
Sandbeach
sandbeach
Sand Beach
Sandy Beach
Sapphire Beach
Sarina Beach
Saunders Beach
seabeach
Seal Beach
Sellicks Beach
Seven Mile Beach
Severn Beach
sex on the beach
Shelly Beach
Sisters Beach
Smiths Beach
son of a beach
South Beach diet
South Beach Diet
South Golden Beach
South Mission Beach
St Andrews Beach
steel beach party
steel beach picnic
St Helens Beach
storm beach
St. Petersburg Beach
Sunny Isles Beach
Sunrise Beach
Sunset Beach
Sunshine Beach
Surf Beach
Sword Beach
Tarcoola Beach
Taylors Beach
there are plenty more pebbles on the beach
there are plenty of pebbles on the beach
Thompson Beach
Thornton Beach
Tiddy Widdy Beach
Trinity Beach
Tura Beach
Turkey Beach
Turners Beach
Umina Beach
unbeach
Utah Beach
Valla Beach
Venice Beach
Vero Beach
Virginia Beach
Wagait Beach
Webb Beach
Werri Beach
West Beach
Whale Beach
White Beach
Wilson Beach
Wonga Beach
Wongaling Beach
Woodside Beach
Wrights Beach
York Beach
unbeached
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аплиаж
roman: apʼljaẑ
lang: Afrikaans
word: strand
lang: Ainu
word: エピッ
roman: epis
lang: Ainu
word: シラㇻ
roman: sirar
lang: Albanian
word: plazh
lang: Northern Altai
word: чар
roman: čar
lang: Southern Altai
word: пляж
roman: plyaž
lang: Southern Altai
word: кумакту јабыс јарат
roman: kumaktu ǰabïs ǰarat
lang: Southern Altai
word: јар
roman: ǰar
lang: Antillean Creole
word: plaj
lang: Arabic
word: شَاطِئ
roman: šāṭiʔ
lang: Arabic
word: سَاحِل
roman: sāḥil
lang: Arabic
word: شط
roman: šaṭṭ
lang: Arabic
word: شاطئ
roman: šāṭiʔ
lang: Arabic
word: بحر
roman: baḥar
lang: Arabic
word: شاطئ
roman: šāṭiʔ
lang: Arabic
word: بحر
roman: baḥar
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܣܦܵܪܵܐ
roman: spārā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܣܦܵܪ ܝܵܡܵܐ
roman: spār yāmā
lang: Aramaic
word: ספרא
roman: spārā’
lang: Aramaic
word: ܣܦܪܐ
roman: spārā’
lang: Armenian
word: լողափ
roman: loġapʻ
lang: Asturian
word: playa
lang: Asturian
word: sablera
lang: Avar
word: пляж
roman: pljaž
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çimərlik
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sahil
lang: Balinese
word: pasih
lang: Balinese
word: pasisi
lang: Bashkir
word: һыу буйы
roman: hıw buyı
lang: Bashkir
word: яр
roman: yar
lang: Basque
word: hondartza
lang: Basque
word: plaia
lang: Belarusian
word: пляж
roman: pljaž
lang: Bengali
word: সমুদ্রতট
roman: śomudrotoṭ
lang: Breton
word: traezhenn
lang: Bulgarian
word: плаж
roman: plaž
lang: Burmese
word: ကမ်းခြေ
roman: kam:hkre
lang: Catalan
word: platja
lang: Chamicuro
word: mas̈hkojpe
lang: Chechen
word: гӏум
roman: ğum
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᎹᏳᎳᏗ
roman: amayuladi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 沙灘 /沙滩
roman: saa¹ taan¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 灘 /滩
roman: taan¹
lang: Chinese
word: 海墘
roman: hái-kîⁿ
lang: Chinese
word: 海邊 /海边
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海灘 /海滩
roman: hǎitān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 沙灘 /沙滩
roman: shātān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 灘 /滩
lang: West Circassian
word: тафэ
roman: tafɛ
lang: Cornish
word: treth
lang: Czech
word: pláž
lang: Dalmatian
word: plui
lang: Danish
word: strand
lang: Dutch
word: strand
lang: Erzya
word: човарчире
roman: čovarčire
lang: Esperanto
word: plaĝo
lang: Esperanto
word: strando
lang: Estonian
word: rand
lang: Faroese
word: strond
lang: Finnish
word: hiekkaranta
lang: Finnish
word: ranta
lang: French
word: plage
lang: North Frisian
word: strun
lang: North Frisian
word: ströön
lang: North Frisian
word: Strun
lang: North Frisian
word: strönj
lang: West-Frisian
word: strân
lang: Friulian
word: ràsule
lang: Galician
word: praia
lang: Galician
word: areal
lang: Galician
word: grau
lang: Galician
word: arnela
lang: Galician
word: obre
lang: Georgian
word: ზღვის ნაპირი
roman: zɣvis naṗiri
lang: Georgian
word: პლაჟი
roman: ṗlaži
lang: German
word: Strand
lang: Central Franconian
word: Baach
lang: German
word: Boch
lang: Greek
word: αμμουδιά
roman: ammoudiá
lang: Greek
word: παραλία
roman: paralía
lang: Greek
word: ακρογιαλιά
roman: akrogialiá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αἰγιαλός
roman: aigialós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θίς
roman: thís
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥηγμίν
roman: rhēgmín
lang: Guianese Creole
word: laplaj
lang: Guianese Creole
word: plaj
lang: Gujarati
word: સમુદ્રતટ
roman: samudrataṭ
lang: Haitian Creole
word: plaj
lang: Halkomelem
word: cháchu
lang: Hawaiian
word: kahakai
lang: Hawaiian
word: kahaone
lang: Hawaiian
word: papa kea
lang: Hebrew
word: חוֹף
roman: khof
lang: Hindi
word: समुद्रतट
roman: samudrataṭ
lang: Hindi
word: सागरतट
roman: sāgartaṭ
lang: Hindi
word: तट
roman: taṭ
lang: Hindi
word: किनारा
roman: kinārā
lang: Hindi
word: किनार
roman: kinār
lang: Hindi
word: साहिल
roman: sāhil
lang: Hindi
word: तीर
roman: tīr
lang: Hiri Motu
word: kone
lang: Hungarian
word: tengerpart
lang: Hungarian
word: strand
lang: Hungarian
word: folyópart
lang: Hungarian
word: part
lang: Hungarian
word: tópart
lang: Icelandic
word: strönd
lang: Ido
word: plajo
lang: Igbo
word: ubòm
lang: Indonesian
word: pantai
lang: Interlingua
word: plagia
lang: Irish
word: trá
lang: Italian
word: spiaggia
lang: Japanese
word: 浜
roman: hama
lang: Japanese
word: ビーチ
roman: bīchi
lang: Japanese
word: 海岸
roman: kaigan
lang: Javanese
word: panté
lang: Kannada
word: ಕಡಲತೀರ
roman: kaḍalatīra
lang: Kazakh
word: жағажай
roman: jağajai
lang: Khmer
word: ឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ
roman: chnee saʼmot
lang: Korean
word: 바닷가
roman: badatga
lang: Korean
word: 해변
roman: haebyeon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: пляж
roman: plyaj
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кумжээк
roman: kumjeek
lang: Ladino
word: plaj
lang: Lao
word: ຫາດຊາຍ
roman: hāt sāi
lang: Lao
word: ຫາດ
roman: hāt
lang: Latin
word: lītus
lang: Latin
word: acta
lang: Latvian
word: pludmale
lang: Lithuanian
word: paplūdimys
lang: Lü
word: ᦠᦱᧆ
roman: ḣaad
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Plage
lang: Macedonian
word: пла́жа
roman: pláža
lang: Malagasy
word: morona
lang: Malay
word: pantai
lang: Brunei Malay
word: pantai
lang: Malayalam
word: സമുദ്രതീരം
roman: samudratīraṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: കടൽക്കര
roman: kaṭalkkara
lang: Malayalam
word: കടൽപ്പുറം
roman: kaṭalppuṟaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: xatt il-baħar
lang: Māori
word: tātahi
lang: Marathi
word: वाळवंट
roman: vāḷvaṇṭa
lang: Marathi
word: पुळण
roman: puḷaṇ
lang: Central Melanau
word: teang
lang: Middle English
word: stronde
lang: Mongolian
word: далайн эрэг
roman: dalajn ereg
lang: Motu
word: kone
lang: Mwani
word: mwani
lang: Nahuatl
word: xaltentli
lang: Navajo
word: tábąąh
lang: Nepali
word: समुद्रतट
roman: samudrataṭ
lang: Nepali
word: तिर्
roman: tir
lang: Nepali
word: बगर्
roman: bagar
lang: Nepali
word: रेति
roman: reti
lang: Nheengatu
word: praya
lang: Norman
word: grève
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: strand
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: strand
lang: Occitan
word: plaja
lang: Odia
word: ସମୁଦ୍ର କୂଳ
roman: samudra kuḷa
lang: Odia
word: ବେଳା ଭୂମି
roman: beḷā bhumi
lang: Old English
word: strand
lang: Old Norse
word: strǫnd
lang: Ossetian
word: денджыз
roman: denǵyz
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: плажа
roman: plaža
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ساحِل
roman: sâhel
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پِلاژ
roman: pelâž
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Eewa
lang: Polish
word: plaża
lang: Portuguese
word: praia
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਮੁਂਦਰ-ਤੱਟ
roman: samundra-taṭṭa
lang: Punjabi
word: ਬੀਚ
roman: bīc
lang: Romagnol
word: maréna
lang: Romanian
word: plajă
lang: Romansh
word: splagia
lang: Romansh
word: riva
lang: Russian
word: пляж
roman: pljaž
lang: Russian
word: взмо́рье
roman: vzmórʹje
lang: Samoan
word: faga
lang: Samoan
word: matāfaga
lang: Sanskrit
word: तीर
roman: tīra
lang: Sanskrit
word: सागरतीरं
roman: sāgaratīraṃ
lang: Sardinian
word: plaja
lang: Sardinian
word: praja
lang: Scots
word: strand
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tràigh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пла́жа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жа̑л
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жа́ло
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pláža
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȃl
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žálo
lang: Slovak
word: pláž
lang: Slovene
word: plaža
lang: Spanish
word: playa
lang: Spanish
word: playero
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: syoro
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: sekanti
lang: Sudovian
word: sala
lang: Sudovian
word: krantas
lang: Swahili
word: pwani
lang: Swedish
word: sandstrand
lang: Swedish
word: strand
lang: Tagalog
word: dalampasigan
lang: Tahitian
word: pae miti
lang: Tahitian
word: tahatai
lang: Tajik
word: пляж
roman: plyaž
lang: Tajik
word: соҳил
roman: sohil
lang: Tamil
word: கடற்கரை
roman: kaṭaṟkarai
lang: Telugu
word: బీచ్
roman: bīc
lang: Thai
word: หาด
roman: hàat
lang: Thai
word: ชายหาด
roman: chaai-hàat
lang: Tibetan
word: མཚོ་འགྲམ
lang: Tok Pisin
word: nambis
lang: Tokelauan
word: matāfaga
lang: Tongan
word: matatahi
lang: Turkish
word: kumsal
lang: Turkish
word: kumluk
lang: Turkish
word: kumbaşı
lang: Turkish
word: kumla
lang: Turkish
word: plaj
lang: Turkmen
word: plýaž
lang: Tuvan
word: сугга эштир чер
roman: sugga eştir çer
lang: Ukrainian
word: пляж
roman: pljaž
lang: Ukrainian
word: пля́жа
roman: pljáža
lang: Ukrainian
word: бе́рег
roman: béreh
lang: Ukrainian
word: надмо́р'я
roman: nadmórʺja
lang: Ukrainian
word: узмо́р'я
roman: uzmórʺja
lang: Ukrainian
word: обмі́лина
roman: obmílyna
lang: Ukrainian
word: мілина́
roman: milyná
lang: Unami
word: shawihikàn
lang: Urdu
word: ساحِلِ سَمُنْدَر
roman: sāhil-i samundar
lang: Urdu
word: ساحِل
roman: sāhil
lang: Uyghur
word: ساھىل
roman: sahil
lang: Uzbek
word: plyaj
lang: Uzbek
word: sohil
lang: Vietnamese
word: bãi biển
lang: Volapük
word: jol
lang: Volapük
word: sabajol
lang: Walloon
word: pladje
lang: Welsh
word: traeth
lang: Yiddish
word: פּלאַזשע
roman: plazhe
lang: Yiddish
word: ברעג
roman: breg
lang: Yup'ik
word: ceń'aq
lang: Zulu
word: ibhishi