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Meanings of beached in English

High-and-dry.

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Examples for "high-and-dry"
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Queerest of all, he used to be a very high-and-dry Tory in his opinions.
The Stark Munro Letters / Being series of twelve letters written...
Usage of beached in English
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Another 12 were found beached in the country's far north on Sunday.
News.com.au
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The other was beached, her crew flying in terror to the shore.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 07 (of 15), Spanish
3
On the shingle where the ripples washed in lay a boat, half-beached.
The Beach of Dreams: A Romance
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The landing was easily made and the boats were beached and unloaded.
The Enchanted Canyon
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There are far too many of them to be beached at once.
Helen of troy
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Tod was awaiting them when the last boatload beached on the island.
Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island
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Neither one said a word as the boat was at last beached.
Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island
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At least one cargo ship was beached by the winds and waves.
Reuters
9
Close to the shore of Governor's Island a large liner was beached.
Earth Abides
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We accordingly beached our rafts and went ashore to wait for moonrise.
Tent Life in Siberia / A New Account of an Old Undertaking; Adve...
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A rare six-metre whale has beached on the Antrim coast and died.
The Irish Times
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I followed him to a little backwater, where was beached a rowboat.
Greener Than You Think
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Eight of the mammals beached, six of which had to be euthanised.
Radio NZ
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In the middle, his stomach was firmly beached on the emergency brake.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
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The barrel lay half submerged, a dead thing beached by the storm.
Break No Bones
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The giant sturgeon was already beached by the time Jondalar got up.
The Valley of Horses
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