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ashore

[uh-shawr, uh-shohr]

adverb

  1. to the shore; onto the shore.

    The schooner was driven ashore.

  2. on the shore; on land rather than at sea or on the water.

    The captain has been ashore for two hours.



ashore

/ əˈʃɔː /

adverb

  1. towards or onto land from the water

    we swam ashore

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. on land, having come from the water

    a day ashore before sailing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ashore1

First recorded in 1580–90; a- 1 + shore 1
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Some of these robots, still packed in their boxes, wash ashore on a remote island.

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In a search and rescue operation carried out on Monday, 18 of the ship's 22 crew members were rescued and brought ashore where some of them are being treated for injuries.

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Andrew was the first to get caught, he had stayed out on the water while his brother went ashore to get a different surfboard.

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Then there are “near-source” tsunamis, which can wash ashore in as little as 10 minutes following a nearby earthquake — leaving little time for a notice or evacuation.

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Bodies from the wreckage washed ashore at Talland Bay and Looe, in Cornwall, and "locals were confronted by this picture of horror, pieces of ship together with bodies," he said.

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