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| beach |
to pull or drive (a boat or other object) from the water onto the beach or shore. [1/2 definitions] |
| beachcomber |
a long or large wave rolling onto a beach. [1/2 definitions] |
| beachfront |
a strip of land bordering on a beach. [2 definitions] |
| berm |
a level ledge or strip at the top, bottom, or side of a slope, or along the back of a beach. [1/3 definitions] |
| boardwalk |
a walkway built of wooden boards, esp. a promenade at a beach. |
| driftwood |
wood that has been left upon a beach by water or is floating on water. |
| lap3 |
to wash up on or slap against a surface with a gentle splash, as waves on a beach. [1/6 definitions] |
| pathetic fallacy |
the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, a technique esp. used in literature as in the sentence, "The angry waves pounded the beach". |
| playa |
a flat river bank; beach. [1/2 definitions] |
| sand |
(usu. pl.) a beach or other plot of land covered by sand. [1/7 definitions] |
| sandcastle |
a toy castle made on a beach by molding wet sand. |
| sand hopper |
any of various small jumping crustaceans found on beaches; beach flea. |
| shoreless |
without a substantial shore or beach. |
| strand1 |
to beach, or leave behind on the shore. [1/5 definitions] |
| surfy |
having much surf, as a beach. [1/2 definitions] |
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