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shore
1[ shawr, shohr ]
noun
- the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- some particular country:
my native shore.
- land, as opposed to sea or water:
a marine serving on shore.
- Law. the space between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark.
adjective
- of, relating to, or located on land, especially land along the edge of a body of water:
a marine on shore duty.
shore
2[ shawr, shohr ]
noun
verb (used with object)
- 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.
shore
3[ shawr, shohr ]
verb (used with object)
- to threaten (someone).
- to offer or proffer (something).
Shore
4[ shawr, shohr ]
noun
- Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
shore
2/ ʃɔː /
noun
- the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river littoral
- land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore )
- ( as modifier )
shore duty
- law the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water
- often plural a country
his native shores
verb
- tr to move or drag (a boat) onto a shore
shore
3/ ʃɔː /
noun
- a prop, post, or beam used to support a wall, building, ship in dry dock, etc
verb
- troften foll byup to prop or make safe with or as if with a shore
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Derived Forms
- ˈshoring, noun
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Example Sentences
Each of us believes what we choose to believe, and facts have become bricks to shore up the fortress of our own biases.
It has taken more than that so far to just relocate the population and shore up the buildings.
German artillery chased the landing craft where they milled off shore.
It announced a withdrawal from the French shore due to invincible enemy resistance.
That assertion, given by Shore in a pre-trial deposition, would have been too prejudicial to present to the jury, the court ruled.
Why he did that, instead of walking around on the shore, Jimmy Rabbit couldn't understand.
He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.
Whenever he heard of one coming into harbor, he hastened to the shore, and closely watched the disembarking.
Not far distant is Chouacot,11 which is the other shore or arm embracing French Bay.
Islands are so numerous that the whole shore is cut up by a confused procession of them, as it were.
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