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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unbeach en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + beach.

Meanings

  1. (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

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unbeaching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unbeached Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unbeached Tense=Past lexicographic
unbeaches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic