Beach vs Overwash - What's the difference?
beach | overwash |
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
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, title= (rft-sense) A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
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The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
To run (something) aground on a beach.
To wash too much or too often.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 15, author=Janet Maslin, title=The Vampire Wears Flannel, and He Cheats on His Tan, work=New York Times
, passage=Even worse than being caught in daylight is the mortification, by Mr. Moore’s nocturnal lights, of wearing black clothes so overwashed that they start to look gray. }}
To become flooded.
* 1998 , Lee Gutkind, A view from the divide (page 104)
The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.
As a proper noun beach
is .As a verb overwash is
to wash too much or too often.As a noun overwash is
the flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.beach
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(wikipedia beach)Noun
(es)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
Synonyms
* * (horizontal strip of land adjoining water) sand, strand, backshoreDerived terms
{{der3, beach break , beach volleyball , beachball , beachberry , beachboy , beachcast , beachcomber , beachfront , beach flea , beachgrass , beachline , beach wagon}}Verb
(es)Synonyms
* strandDerived terms
* unbeachedoverwash
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Verb
citation
- A man on one of the beach islands sends his wife and kids to the shelter, remains behind with their dog to finish boarding up the house, then the only road off the island overwashes , and he's cut off.