beached

/biːtʃt/

Definition

› describes a whale, dolphin, etc. that has swum onto a beach and cannot get back into the waterCoasts and beachesBays and gulfs

(Definition of beached adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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