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

The sea is sleeping sapphire that wakes to cream and crash upon the beach.

They were left on the beach without any guard, or any one near them.

The children gathered round the curious object on the beach.

The children were lingering on the beach when Edward came that day.