Past tense of beach
regular verb
The past tense of beach is beached. The past participle is also beached.
Forms of beach
| Base form (V1) | beach /biːt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | beached /biːt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | beached /biːt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | beaching /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | beaches /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪz/ |
Beached in a sentence
- When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.1941, Emily Carr, “Salt Water”, in Klee Wyck
- It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.From the entry beached
- There were some trampled-looking patches of cassava and taro and a beached, derelict car or two.1970, Nadine Gordimer, A Guest of Honour, Penguin, published 1973, Part Two, p. 103. From the entry beached
- A few unreliable-looking boats were beached there, unpainted boats built largely of gray driftwood, or so it seemed to me.1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter LI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 309. From the entry driftwood
- There were many mishoons beached there.2011 May 3, Geraldine Brooks, Caleb's Crossing: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry mishoon
Meaning of beach
- noun The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
- noun A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
- noun The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
Questions about the past tense of beach
- What is the past tense of beach?
- The past tense of beach is beached.
- What is the past participle of beach?
- The past participle of beach is beached.
- Is beach a regular or irregular verb?
- Beach is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beach (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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