unbeach

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verb

To free from being grounded on a beach.

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Meanings

verbunbeach (third-person singular simple present unbeaches, present participle unbeaching, simple past and past participle unbeached)

present singular third person unbeaches · participle present unbeaching · participle past unbeached · past unbeached

  1. transitiveTo 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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From un- + beach.

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APA

unbeach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeach

MLA

“unbeach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeach. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbeach,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeach.

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