beached
Grounded on sand
Beached describes something stranded on a beach or shore.
A beached whale has washed up and cannot return to water—often a death sentence for the animal.
The word extends to boats run aground and, informally, to people sprawled out lazily: We spent the afternoon beached on lawn chairs.
Left stranded and helpless
- agroundStuck on seafloor
- stuckUnable to move
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- trappedUnable to escape
helpless · abandoned · isolated · deserted · castaway · adrift · forlorn · high and dry
Destroyed remains of something
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
hull · capsized · foundered · reef · vessel · cargo · debris · timber
Land-water boundary
waves · oceanfront · seaside · sandbar · coastline · cove · foreshore · tideland
Aquatic mammal order
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- rescueSave from harm
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
dehydration · marine · biologist · conservation · stranding · pod · carcass · necropsy
Deliberate exposure to rays
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- bikiniDivided women's swimwear
- swimsuitGarment for the pool
- sandcastleBeach structure from sediment
umbrella · sunscreen · lounger · deckchair · towel · sunglasses · flip-flops · vacation
marooned
Left stranded and helpless
- agroundStuck on seafloor
- stuckUnable to move
- immobilizedMade unable to move
trapped · helpless · abandoned · isolated · deserted · castaway · adrift · forlorn · high and dry · grounded
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
jetsam · hull · capsized · foundered · reef · vessel · cargo · debris · timber · remains
shoreline
Land-water boundary
surf · waves · oceanfront · seaside · sandbar · coastline · cove · foreshore · tideland · estuary
cetacean
Aquatic mammal order
blowhole · dehydration · marine · biologist · conservation · stranding · pod · carcass · necropsy · refloat
sunbathing
Deliberate exposure to rays
sandcastle · umbrella · sunscreen · lounger · deckchair · towel · sunglasses · flip-flops · vacation · relaxation
- boat descriptorsseaworthy, sailing, motorized, anchored, moored
- salvagesalvage, salvage operations, salvage operation, salvor, marine salvage
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- abandonedabandoned, abandoned building, abandoned factory, abandoned hospital, abandoned mine
- beach ballLightweight inflatable for shores
- beach towelFabric for seaside drying
- beach partyOceanside social event
- beach houseSeaside residential dwelling
- South BeachMiami's iconic oceanfront district
- beach partiesGatherings on sandy coastlines