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# beach

«beach» in Mova's school dictionary: **The area of sand or small stones next to the sea or a lake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (beach, beaches); verb (beach, beaches, beached — run or pull a boat or whale onto land)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The area of sand or small stones next to the sea or a lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#m1)

2) As a verb, to bring a boat onto a beach, or for a whale to get stuck on land: "a beached whale". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography, beaches are made by waves breaking up rocks and shells into sand; tides go in and out. In safety: swim between the red and yellow flags (Australia, NZ, UK) or near the lifeguard; look for rip currents; wear sunscreen and a hat; watch for jellyfish. Phrases: at the beach, on the beach, beach ball, beach towel, seaside.

### examples

- We built sandcastles on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x1)
- Swim between the flags at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x2)
- The beach was crowded on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x3)
- We found shells on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x4)
- Wear a hat at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x5)
- A whale was beached on the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x6)
- Waves wash up seaweed onto the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x7)
- Let's have a picnic at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x8)
- The beach is disgracefully crowded this season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/#x9)

### note

Plural "beaches" (add -es after ch). "Beach" sounds like "beech" (a kind of tree) — homophones. "At the beach" and "on the beach" are both fine.

### In the corpora

- [Warmer sand gives more girl hatchlings and cooler sand more boys, and bright beach lights can lead hatchlings the wrong way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/13/)
- [Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/14/)
- [Bright beach lights confuse turtle hatchlings, which crawl towards the lights instead of the moonlit sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/8/)
- [Picture a beach after a storm: among the seaweed lies a black leathery pouch with curly corners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/311-sharks-by-kind-small-and-strange-walking-sharks-wobbegongs-cookiecutters-and-goblin-sharks/4/)
- [Picture a beach where hermit crabs line up by size beside one big empty shell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beach» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beach/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.