ashorea‧shore /əˈʃɔː $ əˈʃɔːr/ adverb 
Seals come ashore to breed. Several dead birds had been washed ashore.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Most of the other passengers had gone ashore.
- People were returning to their cabins after a day ashore.
- Pieces of the boat washed ashore.
- Two bodies were washed ashore last night.
- Brihtric pursued him with eighty vessels, which were driven ashore by a storm, and then burnt by Wulfnoth.
- I've sent Sub-Lieutenant Cousteau ashore to pick them up.
- I came ashore to see about gasoline.
- Meanwhile, residents have been reporting pieces of the wreckage washing ashore.
- On the day, they were brought ashore on the Shirley and driven to the house.
- The disembarkation began immediately, and I took the opportunity of a run ashore with the others to survey our unique landfall.
- We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.
Longman Language Activatorthe land compared with the sea or air
the land , not the sea: on land: · They had defeated the enemy on land and at sea.· Reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land or giving birth to live young.dry land (=the land when compared with being at sea): · Some repairs to the boat will have to wait until we're back on dry land.
the land, not the air - use this to talk about planes and birds: · Our plane was flying only 100 feet above the ground.· Spectators watched in horror as the aircraft plunged to the ground.
if you go ashore , you go on to the land from a boat or the sea. If you spend time ashore , you spend time on land before returning to your boat: · Most of the other passengers had gone ashore.· People were returning to their cabins after a day ashore.be washed ashore (=be pushed onto the land by the sea): · Two bodies were washed ashore last night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Seals come ashore to breed. Several dead birds had been washed ashore.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The body was washed ashore (=brought to the shore by waves).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
on or towards the shore of a lake, river, sea etc SYN onshorecome/go ashore Seals come ashore to breed. Several dead birds had been washed ashore. The body was washed ashore (=brought to the shore by waves).· On the day, they were brought ashore on the Shirley and driven to the house.· Electricity would be brought ashore by marine cables.· The animal was seized after being brought ashore illegally from a foreign ship.
· In the spring the clan chief's steward came ashore to find the last surviving woman on the rocky shore.· If there had been such action, critics say, crews might have kept slicks from coming ashore.· When the time came, one or other of the sons would come ashore to run the shipping offices.· The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.· I could visualise the map, and the position of the village in relation to the coast where I had come ashore.· I came ashore to see about gasoline.· The civilians and dockworkers were staring at me, the Commandos coming ashore don't seem to notice my piping.· As the others came ashore I took stock of my new dominion.
· If Alan heard, he remained silent, probably resolving to get ashore as quickly as possible.· He wants to get ashore, and who can blame him?· When I got ashore I stole a small fishing boat and sailed it to the Delta.· The doors to the deck were shut against the weather so she thought she could get ashore unseen.· It was a great joy to get ashore after being cramped with our fellows, not all of them Air Force.· This was just one of the many problems in getting ashore.· Ted Parsons had got ashore, but when lying rock-still he felt a gun behind his ear and was captured.
· Before going ashore, secure hatches and lock all portholes and doors.· Brognar Blackstrap, the band goes ashore to check out the island and see what riches they can cart off.· They had just negotiated a lock and it had been her turn to go ashore.· A few hundred metres off-shore we congregate so that Tor can explain the best way of going ashore.· He could go ashore to go to the lavatory, but had to return immediately to the raft.· Directly you go ashore have a bath, send everything you've been wearing to the laundry, and wash your hair.
· She will not face inland, and so the Whale will not swim ashore.· Very few of our men swam ashore, most of those who were rescued from the water being saved by small boats.· As it was dark by now, no bullets hit them, and they began to swim ashore.
· Thousands of High Elves were cut down by crossbow fire as they waded ashore.· We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.· They waded ashore just below their lonely hut.· He anchored his boat in hip-deep water about 25 yards from the beach, and we waded ashore like General Douglas MacArthur.· My companions hurriedly dropped me off at Chateaubelair, near Richmond, leaving me to wade ashore waist deep.· After a moment, he waded ashore and sat down.
· Battered by 50 knot winds and seven-metre seas, the Ambrosia was later washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.· Meanwhile, residents have been reporting pieces of the wreckage washing ashore.· Such was the rorqual whale, 64 feet long with a 12 foot tail, washed ashore in 1879.· Hapless, hopelessly clumsy Gilligan is washed ashore along with the competent, self-assured skipper.· All these bits and pieces washed ashore.· State officials also reported a dead sea turtle had washed ashore.· Rubbish is discarded; that from boats is washed ashore and there is greater disturbance of the animal life.· Only two men washed ashore alive.
Seals come ashore to breed. Several dead birds had been washed ashore.