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PRONUNCIATION OF BEACHCOMB

beachcomb  [ˈbiːtʃˌkəʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEACHCOMB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beachcomb is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb beachcomb in English.

WHAT DOES BEACHCOMB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beachcomb in the English dictionary

The definition of beachcomb in the dictionary is to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEACHCOMB

PRESENT

Present
I beachcomb
you beachcomb
he/she/it beachcombs
we beachcomb
you beachcomb
they beachcomb
Present continuous
I am beachcombing
you are beachcombing
he/she/it is beachcombing
we are beachcombing
you are beachcombing
they are beachcombing
Present perfect
I have beachcombed
you have beachcombed
he/she/it has beachcombed
we have beachcombed
you have beachcombed
they have beachcombed
Present perfect continuous
I have been beachcombing
you have been beachcombing
he/she/it has been beachcombing
we have been beachcombing
you have been beachcombing
they have been beachcombing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I beachcombed
you beachcombed
he/she/it beachcombed
we beachcombed
you beachcombed
they beachcombed
Past continuous
I was beachcombing
you were beachcombing
he/she/it was beachcombing
we were beachcombing
you were beachcombing
they were beachcombing
Past perfect
I had beachcombed
you had beachcombed
he/she/it had beachcombed
we had beachcombed
you had beachcombed
they had beachcombed
Past perfect continuous
I had been beachcombing
you had been beachcombing
he/she/it had been beachcombing
we had been beachcombing
you had been beachcombing
they had been beachcombing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will beachcomb
you will beachcomb
he/she/it will beachcomb
we will beachcomb
you will beachcomb
they will beachcomb
Future continuous
I will be beachcombing
you will be beachcombing
he/she/it will be beachcombing
we will be beachcombing
you will be beachcombing
they will be beachcombing
Future perfect
I will have beachcombed
you will have beachcombed
he/she/it will have beachcombed
we will have beachcombed
you will have beachcombed
they will have beachcombed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been beachcombing
you will have been beachcombing
he/she/it will have been beachcombing
we will have been beachcombing
you will have been beachcombing
they will have been beachcombing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would beachcomb
you would beachcomb
he/she/it would beachcomb
we would beachcomb
you would beachcomb
they would beachcomb
Conditional continuous
I would be beachcombing
you would be beachcombing
he/she/it would be beachcombing
we would be beachcombing
you would be beachcombing
they would be beachcombing
Conditional perfect
I would have beachcomb
you would have beachcomb
he/she/it would have beachcomb
we would have beachcomb
you would have beachcomb
they would have beachcomb
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been beachcombing
you would have been beachcombing
he/she/it would have been beachcombing
we would have been beachcombing
you would have been beachcombing
they would have been beachcombing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you beachcomb
we let´s beachcomb
you beachcomb
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to beachcomb
Past participle
beachcombed
Present Participle
beachcombing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEACHCOMB


backcomb
ˈbækˌkəʊm
catacomb
ˈkætəˌkəʊm
chrome
krəʊm
cockscomb
ˈkɒksˌkəʊm
comb
kəʊm
coxcomb
ˈkɒksˌkəʊm
currycomb
ˈkʌrɪˌkəʊm
dome
dəʊm
foam
fəʊm
holm
həʊm
home
həʊm
honeycomb
ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm
monochrome
ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm
nome
nəʊm
Rome
rəʊm
Stockholm
ˈstɒkhəʊm
syndrome
ˈsɪndrəʊm
tome
təʊm
trichome
ˈtraɪkəʊm
whitecomb
ˈwaɪtˌkəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEACHCOMB

beach barbecue
beach buggy
beach bum
beach flea
beach house
beach hut
beach party
beach plum
beach towel
beach umbrella
Beach-la-Mar
beachboy
beachcomber
beachcombing
beachfront
beachgoer
beachhead
beachside
beachwear
beachy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEACHCOMB

A-bomb
Afro-comb
atomic bomb
bath bomb
bomb
car bomb
cherry bomb
coulomb
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb
go over with a fine-tooth comb
like a bomb
Newcomb
photobomb
pipe bomb
the bomb
the tomb
time bomb
tomb
womb

Synonyms and antonyms of beachcomb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beachcomb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEACHCOMB

Find out the translation of beachcomb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beachcomb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beachcomb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

beachcomb
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

beachcomb
570 millions of speakers

English

beachcomb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

beachcomb
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

beachcomb
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Beachcomb
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

beachcomb
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

beachcomb
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beachcomb
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pantai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beachcomb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

beachcomb
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주울
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Beachcomb
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

beachcomb
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

beachcomb
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समुद्र किनारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beachcomb
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

beachcomb
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

beachcomb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Beachcomb
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

beachcomb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Beachcomb
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beachcomb
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beachcomb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beachcomb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beachcomb

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEACHCOMB»

The term «beachcomb» is normally little used and occupies the 148.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEACHCOMB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «beachcomb» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «beachcomb» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beachcomb

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEACHCOMB»

Discover the use of beachcomb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beachcomb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scottish Roots: The Step-by-step Guide to Tracing Your ...
Time. to. Beachcomb. the. Web. The PC can deliver the world's biggest library to your home, augment the work you've already done and point the way ahead. Those of you with a PC are now in a fine position to let yourself loose on the world ...
Alwyn James, 2002
2
Ava Gardner: "Love Is Nothing"
TWO. Zombies. at. the. Beachcomb. er. To many who worked for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer in what they called the home office at 1 540 Broadway, New York City, Hollywood was a provincial wasteland and the fabled West Coast studio a mere ...
Lee Server, 2007
3
The Wedding Cup: Or Sophonisba's Chalice, and Other Tales
Do you have a beachcomb I could use? SAPPHO You never know what the sea is going to drag in. I've seen more here than you might think. There were those lovely twin toddlers who came adrift on a raft. You want my beachcomb? ARIADNE ...
Thomas Geisler, 2010
4
Water Lines: New and Selected Poems
Beachcomb. ng. Suddenly, an awareness: I know, without knowing how, that in the next minute I'll see an aqua glint in the sand; the sea glass sets my agenda. Or a flawless, oval pebble shining wet at the lip of the tide rising. Or a volume, its  ...
Luci Shaw, 2003
5
Hands-On Problem Solving, Grade 3
She stays in a hotel on Waikiki Beach. solve She loves to beachcomb. Priti has 42 cowry shells in her bag on the On her first day of vacation, Priti finds 2 cowry s' Xth day' shells on the beach. Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 She puts them into her bag- Cowry ...
Jennifer Lawson, 2012
6
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge: summary : final ...
Commercial fishing crews and local people occasionally visit the islands to sightsee, beachcomb, or bird watch. Some sightseeing occurs from state ferries which travel the length of the Alaska Peninsula, stopping at Chignik Bay and Sand ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 7, 1988
7
Hawaiian Shell News
BEachcomb'. LITTLE. STRANGER. DEPARTMENT. The two Conus species shown above were trawled from 40 to 45 fathoms off Taganak Island in the Southern Palawan waters. They are from the collection of F. Dayrit and were collected in ...
8
Magic Beach
"Imagine a perfect beach where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, build sandcastles, beachcomb, explore rock-pools, muck about in boats, fish from the jetty, and build a bonfire under the stars.
Alison Lester, 1990
9
The Bulletin
Where else could you get that tactile stimulation, that pungent vicarious impact of smell and taste, that tingling of all six senses to accompany yet another nostalgic emotional beachcomb along the shores of one man's loneliness? Yet, as ...
10
Islands Magazine
Fish. Dive. Sail. Windsurf. Bike. Beachcomb. Nature trail. Hot tub. Massage. Great food. 505); to get to From Florida or Nassau 0 Ear BY CD Tel. 800-223-6961 Fax 809-368-2015 Write: Box CB1 1817, Nassau, Bahamas 1 .'.. _." . _' vV"v“'_'5 1 ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEACHCOMB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beachcomb is used in the context of the following news items.
1
To preserve Port Phillip, Melbourne should learn from Sydney
In those easier days I was allowed to wander to the beach to fish, beachcomb or swim. When I was 10 I took up snorkelling and at 15 scuba ... «Mornington Peninsula News, Jun 15»
2
Europe's exclusive beach retreats
Guests might collect shells, beachcomb or walk off anxieties before turning their attention to the hotel, whose interiors feel dreamy and ethereal, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Gear Geek: 7 Summer-Travel Shades
... for your friend (or just beachcomb in Southeast Asia), but hip enough to inspire the right kind of envy. summer-shades 5spy-dirty-mo-crop ... «Paste Magazine, Jun 15»
4
June Gallery Talks at Annmarie Garden
Join Dr. Deacon Ritterbush, popularly known as “Dr. Beachcomb,” for a free gallery talk at Annmarie Garden on Saturday, June 6, ... «Southern Maryland News Net, Jun 15»
5
Bay of action
In those easier days I was allowed to wander to the beach to fish, beachcomb or swim. When I was ten I took up snorkelling and at 15 scuba diving. «The Monthly, Apr 15»
6
It takes more than snow to stop Cape Codders from teeing off
It is no secret that New Englanders (and that includes Cape Codders) are a hardy bunch. Most of us beachcomb, grill and even golf year-round. «Cape Cod Today, Mar 15»
7
Cynthia Ann McClung, 61
She loved to dance, walk in the snow, and beachcomb at the Hood Canal property. She collected exotic seashells from around the world and any rock that ... «Kitsap Sun, Mar 15»
8
Durant injury gives Westbrook track to steal MVP
“Hot Rod's idea of living was a beachcomb in the summer and a cha cha in the winter,” wrote Jim Murray in the L.A. Times. “His idol wasn't ... «SFGate, Mar 15»
9
The unexpected winter
“Since it's been warming up, I have made my way to the shores to beachcomb at low tide because recently it was super-drastic tides with last ... «Juneau Empire, Mar 15»
10
Walk with a Doctor: BP Oddo's indoor event pumps local life into …
Beachcomb the winter shoreline to discover what the tides have brought in and take a look at the characteristics of the shoreline in the harsher ... «SILive.com, Feb 15»

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