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shore
1[shawr, shohr]
noun
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
Synonyms: ,some particular country.
my native shore.
land, as opposed to sea or water.
a marine serving on shore.
Law.the space between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark.
adjective
of, relating to, or located on land, especially land along the edge of a body of water.
a marine on shore duty.
shore
2[shawr, shohr]
noun
verb (used with object)
to support by or as if by a shore or shores; prop (usually followed byup ).
to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
shore
3[shawr, shohr]
verb (used with object)
to threaten (someone).
to offer or proffer (something).
Shore
4[shawr, shohr]
noun
Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
shore
1/ ʃɔː /
noun
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river
land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore )
( as modifier )
shore duty
law the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water
(often plural) a country
his native shores
verb
(tr) to move or drag (a boat) onto a shore
shore
2/ ʃɔː /
noun
a prop, post, or beam used to support a wall, building, ship in dry dock, etc
verb
to prop or make safe with or as if with a shore
shore
3/ ʃɔː /
verb
a past tense of shear
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈǰԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
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Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But a 10% levy remains in place on most goods, including cars, arriving to American shores from the UK and the removal of charges on steel imports are yet to be finalised.
Bathers are an artistic signal for life crawling onto shore out of the primordial ooze or basking in a pastoral, prelapsarian paradise.
The famous walking route from the central belt to the Highlands takes walkers along the shores of Loch Lomond and across Rannoch Moor - one of the last wildernesses in Europe.
They will now be extremely nervous about the risks of this conflict spreading to their own shores.
Republicans representing Texas in Congress are considering this week whether to push their state Legislature to take the unusual step of redrawing district lines to shore up the GOP’s advantage in the U.S.
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When To Use
A shore is land that is located along the edge of a body of water. Shore can also be used more generally to mean any land or a particular country. As a verb, shore means to support something.If a certain area of land touches or runs alongside a body of water, it is a shore. For example, a fisherman would stand at a river’s shore while fishing in it.A shore is similar to a coast or a beach. A coast is a shore that specifically meets the ocean. A beach is a part of a shore covered in sand and pebbles.
- Real-life examples: Boats are docked along shores. Many shores have beautiful, sandy beaches. MTV once filmed an infamous reality show on the shore of New Jersey.
- Used in a sentence: Eve liked to watch the deer relax along the shore of the lake.
- Used in a sentence: When I was in the Coast Guard, I didn’t spend much time on shore.
- Used in a sentence: I want to return to my native shore of Wales.
- Real-life examples: A builder might shore up a roof with several posts. You might shore up your essay with quotes from the research you did. A government can shore up the solar energy industry by giving solar panel manufacturers tax breaks.
- Used in a sentence: The president planned to shore up the economy by giving aid to small businesses.
- Used in a sentence: We used steel shores to keep the side wall from falling down.
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