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beam reach

beam reach noun: the point of sail where the wind is blowing directly onto the side of the vessel.

Noun

beam reach (plural beam reaches)

  1. The point of sail where the wind is blowing directly onto the side of the vessel
    • We're sailing on a beam reach.

Verb

beam reach (third-person singular simple present beam reaches, present participle beam reaching, simple past and past participle beam reached)

  1. To sail on a beam reach.

Forms of beam reach

Noun
pluralbeam reaches
Verb
third-person singular presentbeam reaches
present participlebeam reaching
past participlebeam reached
pastbeam reached

Questions about beam reach

What does beam reach mean?
Beam reach means the point of sail where the wind is blowing directly onto the side of the vessel.
What part of speech is beam reach?
Beam reach can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of beam reach?
The plural of beam reach is beam reaches.

Words near beam reach in the dictionary

  1. beam engine
  2. beam engines
  3. beam feather
  4. beam feathers
  5. beam hole
  6. beam reach
  7. beam reached
  8. beam reaches
  9. beam reaching
  10. beam sea
  11. beam seas

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