beaching

indénombrable

A noun referring to the act of intentionally running a vessel (such as a ship or boat) aground onto a shore or beach, often for maintenance, salvage, or as a deliberate action.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action de faire volontairement échouer un navire (par exemple un bateau ou un navire) sur un bas-fond ou une côte, souvent pour réparation, sauvetage, ou comme acte délibéré.

1. Stranding of marine animals B2 formal

   The event where a marine animal, such as a whale or dolphin, becomes stuck on a shore and cannot return to the water.

   • The beaching of the whale attracted a large crowd of onlookers.
   • Scientists are investigating the cause of the mass beaching event.
   • Rescue teams worked tirelessly to prevent the beaching of the pod of dolphins.

   🇫🇷Échouage d'animaux marins

A verb used to indicate the act of running or driving a boat or ship onto a shore or beach, or to leave something stranded on a beach.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de tirer ou de diriger un bateau ou un navire vers le rivage ou la plage, ou de laisser quelque chose échoué sur la plage.

1. To run aground B2 formal

   To bring a boat or ship onto the shore, intentionally or accidentally.

   • The captain decided to beach the boat to avoid the storm.
   • The ship was beached during the high tide.
   • They beached the canoe and set up camp on the sand.

   🇫🇷échouer (un bateau)

   Synonymes: groundlandrun agroundstrand

   Antonymes: disembarkfloatlaunchrefloat

2. To leave stranded B2 informal

   To cause someone or something to be left in a difficult or helpless position.

   • The tourists were beached when their bus broke down.
   • He felt beached after losing his job and his apartment.
   • The company was beached by the sudden economic downturn.

   🇫🇷Échouer (sur une plage)

   Synonymes: groundmaroonrun agroundstrand

• beached past participle
• beached past simple
• beaching present participle
• beaches third person singular