beach
Meaning
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- The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
- A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
- The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
- Synonym of gravel trap
- A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
- Euphemistic form of bitch (taboo swear word).
Synonyms
water’s edge
sea coast
plage
sea beach
take the ground
landing place
seastrand
steep slope
be beached
water-front
coast line
cotton tree
going aground
sea fringe
sea shore coast
ocean beach
bathing resort
coastal region
sand beach
sandy beach
sea-coast
shallow water
sea board
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/biːt͡ʃ/
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Dutch beek (“brook, stream”), German Bach (“brook, stream”), Swedish bäck (“stream, brook, creek”). More at batch, beck.
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bitch
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- A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
- A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- A woman.
- A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
- (slang) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
- A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (informal,obsolete) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
- (colloquial) Friend.
- (colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- (colloquial) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (colloquial) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (informal,slang) Place; situation
- (obsolete) Tea (the drink).
- (slang) A queen.
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