Definitions of shore [ʃɔr, ʃoʊr]

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Definition of 'shore'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) shore
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.

2.  shore
some particular country:
my native shore.

3.  shore
land, as opposed to sea or water:
a marine serving on shore.

4.  shore
Law.

5. (n.) shore
a supporting post or beam, esp. one propped against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, etc.; prop; strut.

6. (v.t.) shore
to support by or as if by a shore or shores; prop (usu. fol. by up).

Etymology: (1300–50)

Definition of 'shore'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shore
the land along the edge of a body of water

2. (verb) shore, shoring
a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

3. (verb) shore
serve as a shore to
"The river was shored by trees"

4. (verb) land, set ashore, shore
arrive on shore
"The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

5. (verb) prop up, prop, shore up, shore
support by placing against something solid or rigid
"shore and buttress an old building"

Definition of 'shore'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) shore
the land next to the ocean, a lake, a river, etc.
trash washed up on the shore

Definition of 'shore'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shore
a sewer

2. (noun) shore
a prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging

3. shore
of Shear

4. shore
imp. of Shear

5. (verb) shore
to support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building

6. (verb) shore
the coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river

7. (verb) shore
to set on shore

Translation of 'shore'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: land bordering on the sea or on any large area of water a walk along the shore; When the ship reached Gibraltar the passengers were allowed on shore.
Afrikaans: strand	Arabic: شاطئ، ضِفَّه	Bulgarian: бряг
Brazilian: praia	Czech: břeh, pobřeží	German: das Ufer
Danish: kyst; på land	Greek: ακτή θάλασσας, όχθη λίμνη	Spanish: costa, playa
Estonian: rand, kallas	Farsi: ساحل	Finnish: ranta
French: rivage	Hebrew: חוֹף	Hindi: किनारा, तीर
Croatian: obala,žal	Hungarian: (tenger)part	Indonesian: pantai
Icelandic: strönd; land	Italian: spiaggia	Japanese: 岸
Korean: (바다, 강, 호숫가의) 육지	Lithuanian: krantas	Latvian: krasts
Malay: pesisir	Dutch: kust	Norwegian: strand, kyst, land
Polish: brzeg	Persian: ساحل	Pashto: ساحل
Portuguese: praia	Romanian: coastă, ţărm, litoral	Russian: берег, побережье
Slovak: breh, pobrežie	Slovenian: obala	Serbian: obala
Swedish: strand, kust	Thai: ชายฝั่ง	Turkish: kıyı, sahil
Taiwanese: 岸，濱	Ukrainian: берег	Urdu: ساحل
Vietnamese: bờ biển	Chinese: 岸，滨
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