beach

Meaning

Noun

1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
3. (Kent, UK, dialectal) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
4. (euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap.
5. A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
6. (euphemistic, form-of) Euphemistic form of bitch (taboo swear word).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
2. (transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
3. 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.

bitch

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

shore

coast

seashore

seaside

bank

🏦

strand

seacoast

sands

water’s edge

sea

🌊

land

sand

salt water

alight

sandbank

brim

waterside

seaboard

sea coast

plage

foreshore

sea beach

shingle

ground

shoreline

take the ground

touch down

waterfront

woodland

landing place

seastrand

steep slope

lakefront

be beached

water-front

beachfront

coast line

cotton tree

going aground

sea fringe

sea shore coast

ocean beach

bathing resort

border

brink

cliff

coastal region

dry land

edge

grounding

Translations

plage

🏖️

Strand

🏖️

playa

🏖️

spiaggia

🏖️

strand

🏖️

praia

🏖️

παραλία

platja

🏖️

plaj

Küste

rivage

🏦

kumsal

🏖️

litus

acta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bache, bæcche

Inherited from Old English: beċe

Cognate with Dutch: beek

Cognate with German: Bach

Cognate with Swedish: bäck

In summary

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.

Sentences

He now plays beach soccer .

Visitors have an option to camp on the beach in primitive campsites .