Meaning
5 sensesThe shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
Strand
пляжpljaž, взмо́рьеvzmórʹje
пляжpljaž, пля́жаpljáža, бе́регbéreh
(Kent, UK, dialectal)The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
(euphemistic)Synonym of gravel trap.
A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
- an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
Examples
1853 sentencesChildren love playing on the beach.
Діти обожнюють бавитися на пляжі.
ruДети любят играть на пляже.
She met him on the beach.
Вона зустрілася з ним на пляжі.
ruОна встретила его на пляже.
deSie hat ihn am Strand getroffen.
Let's go straight to the beach.
Ходімо просто на пляж.
ruПойдём прямо на пляж.
deLass uns gleich an den Strand gehen.
I love going to the beach.
Я обожнюю ходити на пляж.
ruЯ люблю ходить на пляж.
deIch gehe sehr gerne an den Strand.
The beach isn't far from here.
Пляж звідси недалеко.
ruПляж отсюда недалеко.
deDer Strand liegt hier ganz in der Nähe.
Translations
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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: beachesSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
86 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Travel and holidays — Because the lesson uses it
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