unbeach en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + beach.
Meanings
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(transitive) To free from being grounded on a beach.
And I've seen it tear my family up for three generations back. And all of us kids drink like recently unbeached fish.
1991, Jerome McDonough, Alky: a play about teens and alcohol, page 11:Young people like you have sponsored devastated refugee families. They've run for cancer research and unbeached whales. Never feel powerless. You have clout.
2003, Lynn Johnston, Andie Parton, Leaving Home: Survival of the Hippest, page 97:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unbeaching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbeached | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbeached | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unbeaches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |