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Meanings of be beached in English

To land on a beach; (of animals) to become stranded out of the water.

        Usage of be beached in English
        1
        There are far too many of them to be beached at once.
        Helen of troy
        2
        It is the sixth whale to be beached on the east coast this year.
        BBC
        3
        Audi claims rivals would be beached in the same scenario.
        News.com.au
        4
        Their flat bottoms allowed the ships to sail in shallow waters and be beached for cargo loading.
        News.com.au
        5
        The boat was securely moored, it did not need to be beached when the water level was high.
        Depths
        6
        He added that they were not more than six miles from the shore, and that the ship would be beached in half an hour.
        Benita, an African romance
        7
        That the vessel be beached on some remote coast, all the spoils aboard divided, and then the crew permitted to go where they please.
        Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
        8
        Do you think that a barge or a cutter is to be beached in the same manner you ground firelock, by word of command?
        The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
        9
        He declared that they were so foul with weeds and barnacles that, as a prelude to any further operations, they must be beached and cleaned.
        Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima