beaching
/ˈbiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
beaching is the present participle and gerund of beach.
Meaning of beach
Verb
beach (third-person singular simple present beaches, present participle beaching, simple past and past participle beached)
- To run aground on a beach.
- When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.1941, Emily Carr, “Salt Water”, in Klee Wyck
- To run (something) aground on a beach.
- It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 90”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.
Noun
beaching (plural beachings)
- An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
- Before the beachings, he notes, his team had spotted about 50 of the unusual Cuvier's beaked whales in the study area.2001 January 26, David Malakoff, “ECOLOGY: A Roaring Debate Over Ocean Noise”, in Science, volume 291, number 5504, →DOI, pages 576–578
- The beachings, coming so close together, are considered extremely rare, in part because threshers mainly rove deep waters.2007 September 16, Ray Rivera, “2nd Shark Washes Up on Rockaway Beach and Is Pushed Back”, in New York Times
Forms of beaching
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Words that rhyme with beaching
Questions about beaching
- What does beaching mean?
- Beaching means an event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
- What is beaching the present participle and gerund of?
- Beaching is the present participle and gerund of beach.
- What part of speech is beaching?
- Beaching is a noun.
- How do you pronounce beaching?
- Beaching is pronounced /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of beaching?
- The plural of beaching is beachings.
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