beaching

incontável

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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a ação de encalhar deliberadamente uma embarcação (como um navio ou barco) na praia, em um banco de areia ou no fundo raso, geralmente para reparos, salvamento ou como manobra intencional.

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.

   🇵🇹Encalhe

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.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar a ação de puxar ou conduzir uma embarcação para a praia ou a terra, ou de deixar algo encalhado na praia ou no banco de areia.

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.

   🇵🇹Encalhar

   Sinônimos: groundlandrun agroundstrand

   Antônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Deixar em apuros

   Sinônimos: groundmaroonrun agroundstrand

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