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ashore

[uh-shawr, uh-shohr]

Origin

adverb

to the shore; onto the shore: The schooner was driven ashore.

on the shore; on land rather than at sea or on the water: The captain has been ashore for two hours.

Origin:
1580–90; a-¹ + shore¹

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ashore (əˈʃɔː)

—*adv*
1.	towards or onto land from the water: we swam ashore

—*adj, —adv*
2.	on land, having come from the water: a day ashore before sailing

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ashore

1580s, from a- (1) + shore.

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