Shore - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
verb
- support by placing against something solid or rigid (syn: prop)
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
I/you/we/they: shore
he/she/it: shores
present participle: shoring
past tense: shored
past participle: shored
singular: shore
plural: shores
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