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noun
- 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water: "I took the tiller and made for the shore"
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a country or continent with a coast: In 1992, Britain played host to the first multi-racial South African team to visit these shores. See more. Fewer examples. We could hear waves crashing against the shore. The waves gently lapped the shore. She stood on the shore and let the water wash over her tired feet.
The meaning of SHORE is the land bordering a usually large body of water; specifically : coast. How to use shore in a sentence.
SHORE meaning: 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river: 2. on the land and not in a ship: 3. a…. Learn more.
A shore is land that is located along the edge of a body of water. Shore can also be used more generally to mean any land or a particular country. As a verb, shore means to support something. If a certain area of land touches or runs alongside a body of water, it is a shore.
The verb shore means "prop up or support," so you might shore up a house that's tilting on its foundation or shore up a failing company with an investment of money.
The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship.
n. 1. (Physical Geography) the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river. 2. (Physical Geography) a. land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore) b. ( as modifier ): shore duty. 3. (Law) law the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water.
SHORE definition: the area of land along the edge of the sea or a lake: . Learn more.
shore meaning, definition, what is shore: the land along the edge of a large area ...: Learn more.
Definition of shore noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
