beach — OAT · Shobdo

beach

noun

a fabulous sandy beach:

seaside, seashore, shore, coast, coastline, coastal region, seaboard, foreshore, water's edge, margin;

sands, sand, shingle, (sand) dunes;

lido;

dated plage;

technical littoral;

literary strand.

verb

1 they checked for places where minor craft could beach:

land, reach the shore, run ashore;

ground, be grounded, run aground;

shipwreck, wreck, run on the rocks, be high and dry.

▷antonyms put to sea, depart.

2 sixty common dolphins have been beached on Cornish shores:

make/become stranded, make/become beached, strand, ground, get stuck.

3 he managed to beach a fine trout:

catch, capture, land, hook, reel in.