Definitions for shore
ʃɔr, ʃoʊrshore

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shorenoun

   the land along the edge of a body of water

2. shore, shoringverb

   a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

3. shoreverb

   serve as a shore to

   "The river was shored by trees"

4. land, set ashore, shoreverb

   arrive on shore

   "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

5. prop up, prop, shore up, shoreverb

   support by placing against something solid or rigid

   "shore and buttress an old building"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shorenoun

   the land on or near a waterline such as a sea shore or lake shore

2. shorenoun

   the land

   The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.

3. shorenoun

   a prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it

   The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

4. shoreverb

   To provide support in some way

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shorenoun

   Etymology: score , Saxon.

   1. The coast of the sea.

   Sea cover’d sea;
   Sea without shore. John Milton.

   2. The bank of a river. A licentious use.

   Beside the fruitful shore of muddy Nile,
   Upon a sunny bank outstretched lay,
   In monstrous length a mighty crocodile. Edmund Spenser.

   3. A drain; properly sewer.4. [ Schooren, Dutch; to prop.] The support of a building; a buttress.

   When I use the word shore, I may intend thereby a coast of land near the sea, or a drain to carry off water, or a prop to support a building. Isaac Watts, Logick.

2. Shorethe preterit of shear.

   I’m glad thy father’s dead:
   Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief
   Shore his old thread in twain. William Shakespeare.

3. To Shoreverb

   Etymology: schooren, Dutch.

   1. To prop; to support.

   They undermined the wall, and as they wrought, shored it up with timber. Richard Knolles.

   He did not much strengthen his own subsistence in court, but stood there on his own feet, for the most of his allies rather leaned upon him than shored him up. Henry Wotton.

   There was also made a shoring or under-propping act for the benevolence; to make the sums which any person had agreed to pay, leviable by course of law. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.

   2. To set on shore. Not in use.

   I will bring these two blind ones aboard him; if he think it fit to shore them again let him call me rogue. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shore

   Shore is the land along the edge of a large body of water such as a sea, ocean, lake, or river. It marks the boundary between the land and the body of water, and can take various forms including beaches, cliffs, or marshes. The shore is often subject to environmental factors like waves, tide changes, and erosion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shore

   of Shear

2. Shore

   imp. of Shear

3. Shorenoun

   a sewer

4. Shorenoun

   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

5. Shoreverb

   to support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building

6. Shoreverb

   the coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river

7. Shoreverb

   to set on shore

8. Etymology: [OE. schoren. See Shore a prop.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shore

   A shore or shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In physical oceanography, a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore, representing the intertidal zone where there is one. In contrast to a coast, a shore can border any body of water, while the coast must border an ocean; that is, a coast is a type of shore. The word shore is often substituted for coast where an oceanic shore is meant. Shores are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape, as well as by water induced erosion, such as waves. The geological composition of rock and soil dictates the type of shore which is created.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shore

   shōr, pa.t. of shear.

2. Shore

   shōr, n. the coast or land adjacent to the sea, to a river, or lake.—v.t. (Shak.) to set on shore.—ns. Shor′age, duty on goods when brought on shore from a ship; Shore′-anch′or, the anchor lying towards the shore; Shore′-cliff, a cliff at the water's edge; Shore′-land, land bordering on a shore.—adj. Shore′less, having no coast: indefinite or unlimited.—n. Shores′man, a fisherman along shore: a sole or part owner of a vessel: a longshoreman.—adv. Shore′ward, towards the shore.—n. Shore′-whāl′ing, the pursuit of the whale near the shore. [A.S. score—sceran, to shear.]

3. Shore

   shōr, n. a prop or support for the side of a building, or to keep a vessel in dock steady on the slips.—v.t. to prop (often with up).—ns. Shōr′er; Shōr′ing, the act of supporting with props: a set of props. [Skeat refers to Ice. skortha, a prop, esp. under a boat—skor-inn, pa.p. of skera, to shear.]

4. Shore

   shōr, v.t. (Scot.) to warn, threaten: to offer. [Perh. a form of score, or another form of sure, equivalent to assure.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shore

   A prop fixed under a ship's sides or bottom, to support her when laid aground or on the stocks. Shores are also termed legs when used by a cutter or yacht, to keep the vessel upright when the water leaves her. (See LEGS.) Also, the general name for the littoral of any country against which the waves impinge, while the word coast is applied to that part of the land which only lies contiguous to the sea.--Bold shore. A coast which is steep-to, permitting the near approach of shipping without danger; it is used in contradistinction to a shelving-shore.

2. shore

   See SHORE.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shore

   Land along a body of water.

   The shore is so beautiful at any time of the year.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHORE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shore is ranked #3523 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shore surname appeared 10,130 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Shore.
   
   93.2% or 9,448 total occurrences were White.
   1.9% or 198 total occurrences were Black.
   1.8% or 186 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 137 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 81 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 80 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Bound
   • Geological Formation
   • Lake

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shore' in Nouns Frequency: #1837

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Anagrams for shore »

1. shero

2. shoer

3. hoers

4. horse

5. HORSE

6. hoser

How to pronounce shore?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shore in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shore in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of shore in a Sentence

1. Dale Carnegie:

   The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

2. Sheriff Elegushi:

   Many years ago, we took long treks to get to the sea, there were no houses close to the shore.

3. Mazwi Shamu:

   My hope soon after the drop was that he would make it because he is fit and strong and a good swimmer, i had so much hope, that maybe he had clung onto a rock or fell into the water and swam to the shore.

4. Andre Gide:

   Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

5. Fawn M. Brodie:

   Richard Nixon lied to gain love, to shore up his grandiose fantasies, to bolster his ever-wavering sense of identity. He lied in attack, hoping to win and always he lied, and this most aggressively, to deny that he lied.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shore
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shore
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shore
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shore
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shore
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=shore
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shore