often attributive
1
: the land bordering a usually large body of water
specifically
: coast
2
: a boundary (as of a country) or an area within a boundary
—usually used in plural
immigrated to these shores
3
: land as distinguished from the sea
shipboard and shore duty
: a prop for preventing sinking or sagging
shored; shoring
Synonyms
Examples of shore in a Sentence
Noun (2)
the carpenter placed a shore underneath the sagging roof of the porch
Verb
a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete
used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape
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Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Mather explained that historical eruptions have even led to harmful gases reaching Europe's shores, but that the scale of these events is far below that threshold for now.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Others shouldered the task of wrapping dead bodies in blankets and carrying them to shore.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Panama offers two long coasts—one with crashing Pacific waves and the other with crystal-blue Caribbean waters—with countless islands on both sides of its shores.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Mather explained that historical eruptions have even led to harmful gases reaching Europe's shores, but that the scale of these events is far below that threshold for now.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
He was then carried to shore by his friends, while the surfboard leashes were used to stop the bleeding.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Others shouldered the task of wrapping dead bodies in blankets and carrying them to shore.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Shore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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shore
1 of 3 noun
ˈshō(ə)r 
ˈshȯ(ə)r
: the land along the edge of a body of water (as the sea)
shore
2 of 3 verb
shored; shoring
: to support with one or more bracing timbers
shore up a house foundation
shore
3 of 3 noun
: a prop or support placed under or against something to support it
Etymology
Noun
Middle English shore "the land on the edge of a body of water"
Verb
Middle English shoren "to support, brace"
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