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Meaning of 'shore' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shore
- of Shear
- imp. of Shear.
2 . Shore [ n.]
- A sewer.
- 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 [ v. t.]
- To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
- The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
- To set on shore.

Meaning of 'shore' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shore [ v]
Meaning (1):
- support by placing against something solid or rigid
Example in sentence:
  • shore and buttress an old building
Meaning (2):
- serve as a shore to
Example in sentence:
  • The river was shored by trees
Meaning (3):
- arrive on shore
Example in sentence:
  • The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

Nearby Words:

shoad shoading shoal shoaled shoaliness shoaling shoaly shoar shoat shock

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