Lexic.us

Definition of Beached

1. p. p. & a. Bordered by a beach.

Definition of Beached

1. Adjective. Having a beach. ¹

2. Verb. (past of beach) ¹

3. Adjective. Run or brought ashore ¹

4. Adjective. Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beached

1. beach [v] - See also: beach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beached

Literary usage of Beached

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"The steamer catches fire and is burned and beached, after much loss of life by fire and fighting. The old diplomat's life is demanded and his riches ..."

2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE BEECHER beached BY JOHN B. TABB Were Harriet Beecher well aware Of what was done in Delaware, Of that unwholesome smell aware, She'd make all heaven and ..."

3. Africa from South to North Through Marotseland by Alfred St. Hill Gibbons (1904)
"CHAPTER IV A promising start and a hidden rock — beached and repaired—A good ... station — A rock and leak — beached and repaired — Mr. Muller bids us au ..."

4. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"Diagram of an Irregular Shore Line with Cliffed Headlands and beached Bays less famous caves have thus been eroded by the waves. ..."

5. The Book of Boston by Robert Shackleton (1916)
"CHAPTER XVII HEIGHTS beached AND KEPT ' Na forgotten and faded part of Boston, somewhat away from the center of the city, rises a hill whose top is green ..."

6. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"... and, according to his ov account, took possession of them in about ten minut< The Caledonia was carried off and beached under the gu of Black Rock. ..."

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