beach

  • 21Beach — /beech/, n. 1. Moses Yale, 1800 68, U.S. newspaper publisher. 2. Rex Ellingwood /el ing wood /, 1877 1949, U.S. novelist and short story writer. * * * I Sediments that accumulate along sea or lake shores. One type of beach occurs as a sediment… …

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  • 22Beach — Cet article possède des paronymes, voir : Bitch, Bitche et Bitsch. Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …

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  • 23beach — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, fine (esp. BrE), lovely ▪ palm fringed (esp. BrE), sun drenched (esp. BrE), sun kissed (esp. BrE), sunny, tropical …

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  • 24Beach — (as used in expressions) Beach Boys, The Beach, Amy Marcy Mrs. H.H.A. Beach Daytona Beach Huntington Beach Long Beach Miami Beach Virginia Beach …

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  • 25beach — {{11}}beach (n.) 1530s, loose, water worn pebbles of the seashore, probably from O.E. bæce, bece stream, from P.Gmc. *bakiz. Extended to loose, pebbly shores (1590s), and in dialect around Sussex and Kent beach still has the meaning pebbles worn… …

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  • 26beach — I UK [biːtʃ] / US [bɪtʃ] noun [countable] Word forms beach : singular beach plural beaches *** an area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake a sandy beach I like the kind of holiday where I can sit on the beach for a week and do… …

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  • 27beach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shore, coast[line]; strand, sands, shingle. v. ground, run aground or ashore, strand, hit the beach (inf.). See navigation, land. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The edge of the water] Syn. shore, strand,… …

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  • 28beach — beach1 [ bitʃ ] noun count *** an area of sand or small stones beside the ocean or a lake: a sandy beach I like the kind of vacation where I can sit on the beach for a week. beach beach 2 [ bitʃ ] verb transitive 1. ) to pull or make a boat go… …

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  • 29beach — /bitʃ / (say beech) noun 1. the sand or loose water worn pebbles of the seashore. 2. that part of the shore of the sea, or of a large river or lake, washed by the tide or waves. 3. → beach volleyball. –verb (t) 4. Nautical to run or haul up (a… …

  • 30beach — This term, in its ordinary signification, when applied to a place on tide waters means the space between ordinary high and low water mark; or the space over which the tide usually ebbs and flows. It is a term not more significant of a sea margin… …

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