| against |
We often use "against" when we talk about something touching or hitting something else with strong force. When waves crash against a beach, it means that the waves hit the beach with force. [1/4 definitions] |
| allow |
When you allow someone to do something, you let them do it. They can do it because you say it is OK. When something is allowed, it is OK to do. If swimming is allowed at a beach, it means that people can swim there. [1/3 definitions] |
| beach |
the land at the edge of a lake, ocean, or other body of water. A beach slopes gently toward the water and usually has sand or pebbles. [2 definitions] |
| beach ball |
A beach ball is a kind of ball that children and adults can play with together. It is full of air and made of very light material, so it is easy to hit it and make it fly. The sides of the ball are made of plastic in different colors. People often play with a beach ball when they go to a beach for fun. |
| clambake |
a picnic or party on the beach at which clams and other foods are cooked. The food is usually baked or steamed on heated rocks covered with a layer of seaweed. |
| depend |
If going to the beach depends on the weather, it means that the weather decides if you will go to the beach or not. You will probably go to the beach only if the weather is good. If one thing depends on another thing, the second thing decides the first thing. [1/3 definitions] |
| driftwood |
wood that has been left upon a beach by water or is floating on water. |
| fine1 |
When something is fine, it is very good or excellent. When you have a fine meal, it means that you have a very good meal. When you have a fine time at the beach, it means you have a very good time at the beach. [1/6 definitions] |
| hole |
A hole is an open or empty space in something. When you dig in the ground in your yard or in the sand at the beach, you are making a hole. A hole can also be something like a place in your pocket that lets your candy or money fall through! [1/2 definitions] |
| instead |
We use the word "instead" when one thing is changed for another thing. If you planned to go to the mountains, but you go to the beach instead, it means that you don't go to the mountains. Going to the mountains has been changed to going to the beach. |
| once |
"Once" means "one time." If you went to the beach only once last summer, then you went only one time last summer. [1/4 definitions] |
| Pacific Ocean |
The Pacific Ocean is one of five oceans of the world. An ocean is a large body of salt water that covers a very large part of the earth. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and the deepest of the world's oceans. If you are on a beach in California looking out at the ocean, the ocean you are looking at is the Pacific Ocean. |
| past |
If you were at the beach this past Tuesday, it means that you were at the beach on the Tuesday just before now. If you talk about the past year, you mean the year that happened just before this year. [1/12 definitions] |
| picnic |
A picnic is a meal that is eaten outside. People have picnics at a park, beach, in the woods, or other places in nature. [1/3 definitions] |
| rocky1 |
When something is rocky, it means that it is full of rocks. When a beach is rocky, it's hard to walk on it without wearing shoes. |
| sand |
Sand is what we often walk on at a beach. Sand is made up of tiny, loose grains of ground rock. Deserts often have sand too. [1/3 definitions] |
| sandcastle |
a model of a castle made by molding wet sand at a beach. |
| scene |
When an artist paints a beach scene, they paint a particular view of a beach and the things that can be seen from that view. [1/5 definitions] |
| splash |
When waves splash on the beach, they break up as they hit against the beach. [1/5 definitions] |
| stake1 |
When you stake out something, you mark the boundaries of it with stakes or as if using stakes. You might stake out an area for a garden or you might stake out a good spot on the beach. [1/2 definitions] |
| strand1 |
to beach, or leave behind on the shore. [1/2 definitions] |