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noun
- 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water: "I took the tiller and made for the shore"
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SHORE definition: 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river: 2. on the land and not in a ship: 3. a…. Learn more.
a country or continent with a coast: In 1992, Britain played host to the first multi-racial South African team to visit its shores. See more. Fewer examples. We could hear waves crashing against the shore. The waves gently lapped the shore. She stood on the shore and let the water wash over her tired feet.
1. : the land bordering a usually large body of water. specifically : coast. 2. : a boundary (as of a country) or an area within a boundaryusually used in plural. immigrated to these shores. 3. : land as distinguished from the sea. shipboard and shore duty. shore. 2 of 3. noun (2) : a prop for preventing sinking or sagging. shore. 3 of 3. verb.
The verb shore means "prop up or support," so you might shore up a house that's tilting on its foundation or shore up a failing company with an investment of money.
What is a basic definition of shore? 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.
shore is the general word: The ship reached shore. bank denotes the land along a river or other watercourse, sometimes steep but often not: The river flows between its banks. beach refers to sandy or pebbly margins along a shore, esp. those made wider at ebb tide: a private beach for bathers. coast applies only to land along an ocean: the ...
SHORE definition: the area of land along the edge of the sea or a lake: . Learn more.
1. (Physical Geography) the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river. 2. (Physical Geography) a. land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore) b. (as modifier): shore duty. 3. (Law) law the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water.
shore. noun. /ʃɔː (r)/. /ʃɔːr/. [countable, uncountable] the land along the edge of the sea, the ocean or a lake. a rocky/sandy shore. to swim from the boat to the shore. on the shore Rubbish of all sorts is washed up on the shore. on the shores of something a house on the shores of the lake.
Definitions of 'shore' 1. The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. [...] 2. When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. [literary] [...] More. English usage.
