beached

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːtʃt

Etymology 1

beach (“sandy shore”) +‎ -ed

Adjective

beached (comparative more beached, superlative most beached)

1. Having a beach.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     The beached verge of the salt flood.

Etymology 2

See beach (verb)

Verb

beached

1. simple past tense and past participle of beach

Adjective

beached (comparative more beached, superlative most beached)

1. Run or brought ashore

   It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.

2. Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach

   a beached whale

Palauan

Noun

beached

1. tin