| Main Entry: | beach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sandy area by body of water |
Synonyms: |
bank, coast, lakeshore, lakeside, littoral, margin, oceanfront, seaboard, seafront, seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, strand, waterfront |
| Notes: | a beach is a shore of a body of water while a beech is large deciduous tree with small sweet edible nuts |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ground bounding waters |
Synonyms: |
beach, cay, cliff, coast, edge, embankment, lakefront, lakeshore, lakeside, ledge, levee, oceanfront, reef, riverfront, riverside, seabank, seaboard, seafront, shore, strand, streamside, waterfront |
| Main Entry: | coast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border by water |
Synonyms: |
bank, beach, coastline, littoral, margin, seaboard, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shore, shoreline, strand |
| Notes: | the difference between a coast and the shore is the coast is the seaward limit of the land and the shore is the landward limit of the sea shore is the general word for an edge of land directly bordering a body of water; coast is limited to land along a sea or ocean |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
Synonyms: |
abscond, apostatize, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, jilt, leave, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on, sneak off, split*, strand, take a hike, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrict; drop in place |
Synonyms: |
bar, beach, bring down, dock, down, fell, floor, knock down, land, level, mow down, prevent, strand |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
Synonyms: |
acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract |
Antonyms: |
sea, sky |
| Main Entry: | maroon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon |
Synonyms: |
beach, cast ashore, cast away, desert, forsake, isolate, leave, leave high and dry, strand |
Antonyms: |
care, help, maintain, rescue, save, take care |
| Main Entry: | reef |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | underwater or partially submerged ledge |
Synonyms: |
atoll, bank, bar, beach, cay, coral reef, ridge, rock, rock barrier, sand bar, shoal, skerry |
| Main Entry: | shore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterside |
Synonyms: |
bank, beach, border, brim, brink, coast, coastland, embankment, lakeshore, lakeside, littoral, margin, riverbank, riverside, sand, sands, seaboard, seacoast, seashore, shingle, strand, waterfront |
Antonyms: |
inland |
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
Synonyms: |
bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack |
Antonyms: |
build, create, repair |