shore
IPA: ʃˈɔr
noun
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
- (obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
- A topographic surname from Middle English.
verb
- (obsolete, intransitive) To arrive at the shore
- (obsolete, transitive) To put ashore.
- Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
- Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
- To threaten or warn (someone).
- To offer (someone).
adverb
- Pronunciation spelling of sure. [(modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.]
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Examples of "shore" in Sentences
- The fact that the cop can leave the thief alone on the shore is amusing.
- The London-based studio has been put on the market to help the label shore up its debt.
- A few feet in from the end of the shore is a set of steps that leads down toward the water in the lake.
- _By Ampelus is signified the sea shore; or Ampelus, among the people of Cyrene, signifies the sea shore_.
- To carry you over from shore to shore_, "repeated the boat; and when the little boy had unfastened it, he sprang in, and began to row himself over the dark water.
- You know if you've taken cruises that the cruise lines offer what they call shore excursions that you can purchase on board the ship before your ship makes its port of call.
- On the day after her arrival, she sent several cases ( "chronic dysentry, hepatitis, and general debility") to hospital, but not one of cholera; neither did any case occur on board during her stay there, at anchor a mile and a half from shore, and constantly communicating with shore, [5] while a considerable number of deaths took place from cholera _in the merchant vessels anchored near shore_.
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