- an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
- the area adjacent to a seashore: We're vacationing at the beach.
- to haul or run onto a beach: We beached the ship to save it.
- to make inoperative or unemployed.
- U.S. editor, publisher, and inventor.
- U.S. composer and pianist.
- U.S. newspaper publisher.
- U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- U.S. bookseller and publisher in France.
- an extensive area of sand or shingle sloping down to a sea or lake, esp the area between the high- and low-water marks on a seacoast
- to run or haul (a boat) onto a beach
