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shore

1  [shawr, shohr]
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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, esp. land along the edge of a body of water: a marine on shore duty.
Origin:
1300–50; ME schore, OE scora; c. MD, MLG schore; perh. 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, esp. those made wider at ebb tide: a private beach for bathers. Coast applies only to land along an ocean: the Pacific coast.

shore

2  [shawr, shohr] noun, verb, shored, shor⋅ing.
–noun
1. a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, esp. 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 fol. by up): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME; c. MLG, MD schore prop; (v.) shoren, deriv. of the n.

Synonyms:
1. brace, buttress, stay.

shore

3  [shawr, shohr]
–verb (used with object), shored, shor⋅ing. Scot. and North England.
1. to threaten (someone).
2. to offer or proffer (something).
Origin:
1325–75; ME (Scots) schore < ?

Shore

  [shawr, shohr]
–noun
Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
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shore 1   (shôr, shōr)   
n.  

  1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.

  2. Land; country. Often used in the plural: far from our native shores.

  3. Land as opposed to water: a sailor with an assignment on shore.


[Middle English shore, from Old English scora; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
shore 2   (shôr, shōr)   
tr.v.   shored, shor·ing, shores
To support by or as if by a prop: shored up the sagging floors; shored up the peace initiative.
n.  A beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support.

[Middle English shoren, from shore, prop, probably from Middle Low German schōre, barrier, or Middle Dutch scōre, prop.]
shore 3   (shôr, shōr)   
v.   Archaic
A past tense of shear.
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Word Origin & History

shore  (n.)
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 "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  (v.)
1340, "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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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