Definition of Beach

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Definition of Beach

Beach

Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

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Beach Quotations

Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'
Steven Wright

Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.
Lenny Bruce

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.
Freddie Mercury

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.
John Kenneth Galbraith

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
Isaac Newton

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?
Philip Johnson

I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes.
Dana Carvey

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
Jeanne Moreau

Beach Translations

beach in Afrikaans is strand
beach in Danish is strand
beach in Dutch is strand
beach in French is plage
beach in German is Strand {m}, Strand, Badestrand {m}
beach in Italian is lido, spiaggia
beach in Norwegian is strand
beach in Portuguese is praia
beach in Spanish is playa
beach in Swedish is plage, stranden, strand

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