unbeach

English

Etymology

un- +‎ beach

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To free from being grounded on a beach.
    • 1991, Jerome McDonough, Alky: a play about teens and alcohol, page 11:
      And I've seen it tear my family up for three generations back. And all of us kids drink like recently unbeached fish.
    • 2003, Lynn Johnston, Andie Parton, Leaving Home: Survival of the Hippest (page 97)
      Young people like you have sponsored devastated refugee families. They've run for cancer research and unbeached whales. Never feel powerless. You have clout.
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