A m cheney beach
[beech] /bitʃ/
noun
alfred ely, 1826–96, u.s. editor, publisher, and inventor.
amy marcey cheney [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (show ipa), 1867–1944, u.s. composer and pianist.
moses yale, 1800–68, u.s. newspaper publisher.
rex ellingwood
[el-ing-woo d] /ˈɛl ɪŋˌwʊd/ (show ipa), 1877–1949, u.s. novelist and short-story writer.
sylvia woodbridge, 1887–1962, u.s. bookseller and publisher in france.
beach
/biːtʃ/
noun
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 related adjective littoral
verb
to run or haul (a boat) onto a beach
word origin
c16: perhaps related to old english bæce river, beck²
beach
n.
1530s, “loose, water-worn pebbles of the seash-r-,” probably from old english bæce, bece “stream,” from proto-germanic -bakiz. extended to loose, pebbly sh-r-s (1590s), and in dialect around suss-x and kent beach still has the meaning “pebbles worn by the waves.” french grève shows the same evolution. beach ball first recorded 1940; beach b-m first recorded 1950.
v.
“to haul or run up on a beach,” 1840, from beach (n.). related: beached; beaching.
beach
(bēch)
the area of acc-mulated sand, stone, or gravel deposited along a sh-r- by the action of waves and tides. beaches usually slope gently toward the body of water they border and have a concave shape. they extend landward from the low water line to the point where there is a distinct change in material (as in a line of vegetation) or in land features (as in a cliff).
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