beached vs shorewards

beached

adj
  • Run or brought ashore 

  • It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices. 

  • Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach 

shorewards

adv
  • towards the shore 

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