noun
plural beaches
[count] :an area covered with sand or small rocks that is next to an ocean or lake
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verb
beaches; beached; beaching
[+ obj] to cause (a boat or ship) to go out of the water and onto a beach
When a large ocean animal, such as a whale, is beached or has beached itself, it has come out of the water onto land and is unable to return to the water.
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