beach/ˈbiːt͡ʃ/EtymologyEnglish surname reflecting multiple origins, including the nouns beach and beech, and Americanized from the German surname Bisch.beach means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.beach is pronounced /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/.nameA surname.““The commissioner does not affect the numbers,’’ Beach said. “They don’t collect the data. They don’t massage the data. They don’t organize it.””A surname.; A surname from EnglishA surname.; A surname from English; A surname from landformsA surname.; A surname from GermanA placename; A hamlet in Bitton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ST7070).A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ware County, Georgia.nounThe shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.“Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.”A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.“Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.”The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.Synonym of gravel trap.A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.“I never realised Lincoln was a seaside town. BRIAN LAWS Scunthorpe manager, after losing on a liberally sanded beach of a pitch”verbTo run aground on a beach.“When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.”To run (something) aground on a beach.“It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.”To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.