beach

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

beach
    n 1: an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
    v 1: land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beach \Beach\ (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. {Beaches} (-[e^]z). [Cf. Sw.
   backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. {Bank}.]
   1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the
      waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Beach flea} (Zool.), the common name of many species of
      amphipod Crustacea, of the family {Orchestid[ae]}, living
      on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas.

   {Beach grass} (Bot.), a coarse grass ({Ammophila
      arundinacea}), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and
      seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds
      the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the
      waves.

   {Beach wagon}, a light open wagon with two or more seats.

   {Raised beach}, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel,
      sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of
      wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the
      coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in
      many lake and river regions.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beach \Beach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beached} (b[=e]cht); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Beaching}.]
   To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to
   strand; as, to beach a ship.
   [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Beach, ND (city, FIPS 5420)
  Location: 46.91389 N, 104.00773 W
  Population (1990): 1205 (614 housing units)
  Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 58621

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Beach, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
   Population (2000):    1116
   Housing Units (2000): 570
   Land area (2000):     1.828545 sq. miles (4.735909 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.828545 sq. miles (4.735909 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            05420
   Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
   Location:             46.915774 N, 104.004450 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     58621
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Beach, ND
    Beach

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BEACH. The sea shore. (q. v.)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "beach":
      bank, berm, careen, cast away, coast, coastland, coastline,
      embankment, foreshore, ground, ironbound coast, lido, littoral,
      margin, pile up, plage, playa, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast,
      run aground, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard,
      seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shipwreck, shore,
      shoreline, strand, submerged coast, take the ground, tidewater,
      waterfront, waterside, wreck