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a⋅shore

  [uh-shawr, uh-shohr]
Use ashore in a Sentence
–adverb
1. to the shore; onto the shore: The schooner was driven ashore.
2. 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 + shore 1
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a·shore   (ə-shôr', ə-shōr')   
adv.  

  1. To or onto the shore: driven ashore by the wind.

  2. On land: spent the day ashore.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

ashore 
1586, from a- (1) + shore.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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