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What (who) is BEACHING - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Beached; Beaching (disambiguation); Beachings
Beaching
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Beach.
Beached
·p.p. & ·adj Bordered by a beach.
II. Beached ·Impf & ·p.p. of Beach.
III. Beached ·p.p. & ·adj Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
Beaching (nautical)
PROCESS IN WHICH A SHIP OR BOAT IS LAID ASHORE
Beach (nautical)
Beaching is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water. This is more usual with small flat-bottomed boats.
Examples of use of BEACHING
1. False killer whales, or pseudorca crassidens, have a history of beaching on Australia‘s west coast.
2. It was lifted out of the water near Battersea Park on Saturday afternoon after beaching itself several times.
3. The tanker‘s 13 crew members drifted for hours in waves up to 6 meters high aboard the ship‘s stern before beaching safely.
4. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study said the Navy‘s use of sonar contributed to the beaching of 16 whales and two dolphins in the Bahamas in 2000.
5. Some scientists think surveys were connected to dead giant squid floating onto Spanish beaches in 2003 and whales beaching themselves in the Sea of Cortez in 2002.