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beachcomb

beachcomb verb: to go beachcombing.

Verb

beachcomb (third-person singular simple present beachcombs, present participle beachcombing, simple past and past participle beachcombed)

  1. To go beachcombing.

Noun

beachcomb (plural beachcombs)

  1. An instance of beachcombing.
    • It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.2021 December, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 41, column 2

Forms of beachcomb

Verb
third-person singular presentbeachcombs
present participlebeachcombing
past participlebeachcombed
pastbeachcombed
Noun
pluralbeachcombs

Origin of beachcomb

Probably a back-formation from beachcomber.

Questions about beachcomb

What does beachcomb mean?
Beachcomb means to go beachcombing.
What part of speech is beachcomb?
Beachcomb can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of beachcomb?
The past tense of beachcomb is beachcombed.

Words near beachcomb in the dictionary

  1. beachbreak
  2. beachbreaks
  3. beachcam
  4. beachcams
  5. beachcast
  6. beachcomb
  7. beachcombed
  8. beachcomber
  9. beachcombers
  10. beachcombing
  11. beachcombings

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