Meaning

5 senses
  1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

  2. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

    Strand

    пляжpljaž, взмо́рьеvzmórʹje

    пляжpljaž, пля́жаpljáža, бе́регbéreh

  3. (Kent, UK, dialectal)The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

  4. (euphemistic)Synonym of gravel trap.

  5. A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.

More definitions
  • an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

Examples

1853 sentences
  1. Children love playing on the beach.

    Діти обожнюють бавитися на пляжі.

    ruДети любят играть на пляже.

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  2. She met him on the beach.

    Вона зустрілася з ним на пляжі.

    ruОна встретила его на пляже.

    deSie hat ihn am Strand getroffen.

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  3. Let's go straight to the beach.

    Ходімо просто на пляж.

    ruПойдём прямо на пляж.

    deLass uns gleich an den Strand gehen.

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  4. I love going to the beach.

    Я обожнюю ходити на пляж.

    ruЯ люблю ходить на пляж.

    deIch gehe sehr gerne an den Strand.

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  5. The beach isn't far from here.

    Пляж звідси недалеко.

    ruПляж отсюда недалеко.

    deDer Strand liegt hier ganz in der Nähe.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sandy shore:
Русский
By meaning 1
sandy shore:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sandy shore:

Origin

From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook,

From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”).

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Forms

plural: beaches
Singularbeach
Pluralbeaches

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
horizontal strip of land adjoining water:sandB1strandB2backshore

Word family

86 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the beach
  • to the beach
  • at the beach
  • the beach with
  • near the beach
  • the beach was
  • the beach today
  • beach last weekend
  • the beach last
  • the beach tomorrow
  • along the beach
  • the beach and

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beach — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto