beached

USBEECHT/biːt͡ʃt/

4 meanings of beached

1
verb
Simple past and past participle of beach. Use it for something that was driven or pulled up onto the shore.
The storm beached the small fishing boat on the rocks.
Three whales beached themselves near the harbor overnight.
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2
adjective
Pulled or driven up onto the shore, out of the water.
Like a toy boat left sitting on wet sand after the water pulls back.
The beached kayak rested just above the waterline.
Workers hauled the dinghy in and left it beached overnight.
Similargrounded, aground, stranded
Oppositeafloat
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3
adjective
Stuck somewhere and unable to move or get help, often on a beach.
Like a fish flopping on dry land, unable to get back to the water.
The beached dolphin lay gasping until volunteers arrived to help.
Without a car or any money, she felt completely beached in the strange town.
Similarstranded, stuck
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Less common meaning

4
adjectivearchaic
Having a sandy shore along the edge of the water.
The beached shore curved away into the morning mist.
Come not to me again: but say to Athens, Timon hath made his everlasting mansion Upon the beached verge of the salt flood;
c. 1605, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”Here, beached means having a beach along its edge.
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beached is a form of beach

beach, verb: To bring a boat onto the shore, or for a boat or whale to end up stuck on the shore. Full entry

Forms: beachbeaches he/she/itbeaching -ing formbeached past tense, past participle
Spelling: beach → beached: add -ed

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Origin

From the word "beach" (a sandy shore) plus "-ed".