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noun
1.
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
2.
some particular country: my native shore.
3.
land, as opposed to sea or water: a marine serving on shore.
4.
Law. the space between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark.
adjective
5.
of, pertaining to, or located on land, especially land along the edge of a body of water: a marine on shore duty.
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Shore
is always a great word to know.
So is pardon. Does it mean:
| a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor; the document by which such remission is declared |
| an allegation made by a party to a legal suit, in support of his or her claim or defense; a defendant's answer to a legal declaration or charge |
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English schore, Old English scora; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schore; perhaps akin to shear
1300–50; Middle English schore, Old English scora; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schore; perhaps akin to shear
Synonyms
1. strand, margin. Shore, bank, beach, coast refer to an edge of land abutting on an ocean, lake, or other large body of water. 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, especially those made wider at ebb tide: a private beach for bathers. Coast applies only to land along an ocean: the Pacific coast.
1. strand, margin. Shore, bank, beach, coast refer to an edge of land abutting on an ocean, lake, or other large body of water. 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, especially those made wider at ebb tide: a private beach for bathers. Coast applies only to land along an ocean: the Pacific coast.
Example Sentences
- In the backyard, low, curved retaining walls shore up the sloping hillside.
- But if you find yourself being dragged out to sea, don't panic and don't try to fight the current and swim back to shore.
- The buoys may also reduce shore erosion, by taking energy out of waves before they reach land.
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noun
1.
a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
verb (used with object)
2.
to support by or as if by a shore or shores; prop (usually followed by up): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
Origin:
1300–50; (noun) Middle English; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schore prop; (v.) shoren, derivative of the noun
1300–50; (noun) Middle English; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schore prop; (v.) shoren, derivative of the noun
Synonyms
1. brace, buttress, stay.
1. brace, buttress, stay.
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World English Dictionary
| shore3 (ʃɔː) | |
| —vb | |
| (Austral), (NZ) a past tense of shear | |
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Word Origin & History
shore
c.1300, "land bordering a large body of water," perhaps from M.L.G. schor "shore, coast, headland," or M.Du. scorre "land washed by the sea," probably from P.Gmc. *skur- "cut" and according to etymologists originally with a sense of "division" between land and water, and thus related to O.E. sceran
EXPAND "shear, to cut" (see shear). But if the word originated on the North Sea coast of the continent, it may as well have meant "land 'cut off' from the mainland by tidal marshes" (cf. O.N. skerg "an isolated rock in the sea," related to sker "to cut, shear"). Few I.E. languages have such a single comprehensive word for "land bordering water" (Gk. had one word for sandy beaches, another for rocky headlands). General application to "country near a seacoast" is attested from 1611.
shore
mid-14c., "to prop, support with a prop;" of obscure etymology though widespread in W.Gmc.; cf. M.Du. schooren "to prop up, support," O.N. skorða (n.) "a piece of timber set up as a support."
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