Meaning & use
Beaching
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Running or driving a boat or marine animal onto a beach or shore, deliberately or accidentally.
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The fishermen were beaching their boats before the storm arrived.
Rescuers worked for hours after a pod of whales began beaching themselves on the coast.
A note on using this word
Mass beaching events among whales and dolphins remain a subject of ongoing scientific research.
Words with a similar meaning
groundingstranding
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Words with an opposite meaning
launching
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