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
Recent Examples on the Web
Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
Cheers and tears erupted from boats floating near the wave and crowds of spectators along the shore as the men’s final match ended in the afternoon Vaast pumped his arms into the air in victory after beating Jack Robinson from Australia, who received the silver medal.
—Victoria Milko, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Despite only winning bronze, both their boyfriends awaited them at shore with rings.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
Lenny was somehow able to get himself to shore, but he was badly concussed, and has virtually no memory of the incident.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Loading your audio article Tropical Storm Debby moved over Georgia overnight and is forecast to slide back into the Atlantic before heading back on shore in the Carolinas, the National Hurricane Center said.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
Cheers and tears erupted from boats floating near the wave and crowds of spectators along the shore as the men’s final match ended in the afternoon Vaast pumped his arms into the air in victory after beating Jack Robinson from Australia, who received the silver medal.
—Victoria Milko, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Despite only winning bronze, both their boyfriends awaited them at shore with rings.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
Lenny was somehow able to get himself to shore, but he was badly concussed, and has virtually no memory of the incident.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Shore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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