Shore - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃɔːr|  American pronunciation of the word shore
Brit.  |ʃɔː|  British pronunciation of the word shore

noun

- the land along the edge of a body of water
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

verb

- serve as a shore to
The river was shored by trees
- arrive on shore (syn: land)
- support by placing against something solid or rigid (syn: prop)
shore and buttress an old building

Extra examples

The sub was conducting exercises off the shore of Florida.

The house was so old that it had to be shored up with blocks of wood.

We could see a boat about a mile from shore.

Only a few survivors reached the shore.

She began to swim to shore.

We had a couple of hours on shore (=not on a ship).

The island is about 3 miles off shore (=away from the coast).

The government has had to shore up the National Health Service.

The river was shored by trees

We rowed away from the shore.

Heavy waves pounded the shore.

The waves were beating the shore.

The waves were beating on the shore.

She'd never heard the sound of sea gulls crying by the shore.

We walked at a leisurely pace along the shore.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: shore
he/she/it: shores
present participle: shoring
past tense: shored
past participle: shored
noun
singular: shore
plural: shores
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