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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.

   "Before the beachings, he notes, his team had spotted about 50 of the unusual Cuvier's beaked whales in the study area."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of beach form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

strandbackshorebankbermcareencast away

Example

More examples

"They planned on beaching the ship on an island."

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