beach

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. n. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
3. n. The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.
4. v. To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
5. v. To leave stranded or helpless.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The loose pebbles of the seashore; shingle.
2. n. That part of the shore of the sea or of a lake which is washed by the tide and waves; the strand. It may be sometimes used for the shore of large rivers. It usually means the tract between high- and low-water mark.
3. To run or haul up (a ship or boat) on the beach.
4. To land upon a beach.

Wiktionary

1. n. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. n. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
3. n. Sussex The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
4. v. To run (something) aground on a beach.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
2. n. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
3. v. To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
2. v. land on a beach