adj
beached
beecht
Beached (adj) means Stuck or stranded on a beach, especially unable to move. Example: “Volunteers rushed to help the beached whale return to the sea.”
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Stuck or stranded on a beach, especially unable to move.
"Helene I found beached on the floor outside her room, awake and talking to herself but with no desire to press on toward bed."
— Edmund White, Nocturnes for the King of Naples (1978)
"There were some trampled-looking patches of cassava and taro and a beached, derelict car or two."
— Nadine Gordimer, A Guest of Honour (1970)
"Volunteers rushed to help the beached whale return to the sea."
"The old boat sat beached and rusting for years."
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How to use beached
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishStranded on the shore, unable to get back into the water.
Common pairings
a beached whale
left beached
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Word forms
- Comparative
- more beached
- Superlative
- most beached
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Volunteers rushed to help the _____ whale return to the sea.
Etymology
From "beach" plus "-ed."
Rhymes for beached
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What does “beached” mean?
The word “beached” means stuck or stranded on a beach, especially unable to move. In plain terms, stranded on the shore, unable to get back into the water.
How do you pronounce “beached”?
“Beached” is pronounced beecht (/biːt͡ʃt/ in IPA).
How do you use “beached” in a sentence?
Here is “beached” used in a sentence: “Volunteers rushed to help the beached whale return to the sea.”
What part of speech is “beached”?
“Beached” is an adjective.
