Beach Synonyms, Beach Antonyms

beach 1530s, probably from O.E. bæce, bece "stream," from P.Gmc. *bakiz. Extended to loose, pebbly shores (1590s), and in dialect around Sussex and Kent beach still has the meaning "pebbles worn by the waves." Fr. grève shows the same evolution. The verb "to haul or run up on a beach" is first attested 1840. Beach bum first recorded 1962.

Example Sentences for beach

There was a splashing and calling all night, and fires shining on the beach.

There they found a rowboat, drawn up on the beach a little beyond them.

Some went down towards the beach and shot with arrows at the Frenchmen.

There is not a foot of the rocky shore smooth enough to beach him on.