Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense shores, present participle shoring, past tense, past participle shored
1. countable noun
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.
They walked down to the shore.
...elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba. [+ of]
I have spent less time on shore than most men.
As soon as they were safely back to shore, he raced for the nearest phone.
2. plural noun [with supplement]
When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent.
[literary]
It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe.
This youngster is another destined to leave these shores.
Phrasal verbs:
See shore up
More Synonyms of shore
shore in British English1
(ʃɔː)
noun
1.
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river
▶ Related adjective: littoral
2.
a.
land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore)
b.
(as modifier)
shore duty
3. law
the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water
4. (often plural)
a country
his native shores
verb
5. (transitive)
to move or drag (a boat) onto a shore
Word origin
C14: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōre; compare Old High German scorra cliff; see shear
shore in British English2
(ʃɔː)
noun
1.
a prop, post, or beam used to support a wall, building, ship in dry dock, etc
verb
2. (transitive; often foll byup)
to prop or make safe with or as if with a shore
Derived forms
shoring (ˈshoring)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Middle Dutch schōre; related to Old Norse skortha prop
shore in British English3
(ʃɔː)
verb
Australian and New Zealand a past tense of shear
shore in American English1
(ʃɔr)
noun
1.
land at or near the edge of a body of water, esp. along an ocean, large lake, etc.
2.
land as opposed to water
3. Law
seashore
SYNONYMY NOTE: shore1 is the general word applied to an edge of land directly bordering on the sea, a lake,a river, etc.; , coast applies only to land along the sea; , beach applies to a level stretch of sandy or pebbly seashore or lake shore, usually onethat is washed by high water; , strand2 is a poetic word for , shore1 or , beach; , bank2 applies to rising or steep land at the edge of a stream
Word origin
ME schore < OE *score (akin to MLowG schore) < or akin to scorian, to jut out < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut > harvest
shore in American English2
(ʃɔr)
noun
1.
a prop, as a beam, placed under or against something as a support or stabilizer; specif., any of the timbers used to support a boat or ship that is out of water
verb transitiveWord forms: shored or ˈshoring
2.
to support or make stable with or as if with a shore or shores; prop
usually with up
Word origin
ME schore, akin to MDu, ON skortha, a prop, stay: for IE base see shore1
shore in American English3
(ʃɔr)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
Dialectal, Archaic
shear
Examples of 'shore' in a sentence
shore
Waves crash and hiss on the rocky shore.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The mountains themselves rose along the eastern shore in a row of bulging spurs.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
The southern shore of this tiny island is five miles of pure gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
When he finally reached the shore he had to run away under machinegun fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The western shore is studded with holiday homes and draws the biggest crowds.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The sun was going down fast and the lake shore seemed to move along with it.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
Good paths along shore to the south.
Perring, Franklyn A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage (1991)
Ship or shore the routines and names were the same.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When they tried to get to shore on another boat it capsized.
The Sun (2012)
We reach the opposite shore and enter the forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The path led him right along to the lake shore on the opposite side of the island.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
This is because the seas around our shores still have stored up heat from the summer and slowly release it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The clear idea being conveyed was that the country would lose something precious if the paintings were to leave our shores.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And a shore by the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We think our shores are safe but could a tsunami hit Britain?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
After fleeing from the cafeteria, they had headed through the forest towards the eastern shore.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Our Forces are out there keeping our shores safe and need all our support.
The Sun (2010)
We spend hours wandering along the shore, picking up the prettiest shells.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The European elite thought they could simply carry on ignoring the troublesome little island off their western shores.
The Sun (2015)
I caught one last wave and then paddled in to shore by a river mouth.
The Sun (2013)
Get plant supports into position soon to shore them up and you will hardly notice them within days, as your plants grow through them.
The Sun (2009)
Then too the emperor was camping on the shores of Lake Tana.
Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007)
They hit the Castle Quay shopping centre like sailors on temporary shore leave.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
shore
British English: shore /ʃɔː/ NOUN
The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it.
They walked down to the shore.
American English: shore
Arabic: سَاحِل
Brazilian Portuguese: costa praia
Chinese: 岸
Croatian: obala
Czech: břeh jezera, moře
Danish: kyst
Dutch: kust
European Spanish: orilla
Finnish: ranta
French: rivage
German: Küste
Greek: όχθη
Italian: riva
Japanese: 岸
Korean: 바닷가
Norwegian: kyst
Polish: brzeg wybrzeże
European Portuguese: costa praia
Romanian: mal
Russian: берег
Latin American Spanish: orilla ribera
Swedish: kust
Thai: ชายฝั่ง
Turkish: kıyı
Ukrainian: берег
Vietnamese: bờ
All related terms of 'shore'
shear
To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off.
lee shore
the shore on the lee side of a ship; shore toward which the wind is blowing and driving a ship
shore up
If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail , you do something in order to strengthen it or support it.
shore bird
any of various birds that live close to water, esp any bird of the families Charadriidae or Scolopacidae ( plovers , sandpipers , etc)
shore crab
any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus ( purple shore crab ), of the Pacific coast of North America
shore lark
a bird: Eremophila alpestris
shore leave
permission to go ashore
Eastern Shore
E shore of Chesapeake Bay , including all of Md. and Va. east of the Bay
shore dinner
a meal that features a variety of seafood dishes
shore patrol
a naval unit serving the same function as the military police
offshore
Offshore means situated or happening in the sea, near to the coast .
shear off
If something such as a piece of metal shears off , or if it is sheared off , it breaks .
ship-to-shore radio
a radio that carries communications between land and sea
Chinese translation of 'shore'
shore
(ʃɔːʳ)
n(c)
岸 (àn) (个(個), gè)
the shore(s) of ... ... 的岸边(邊) ( ... de àn biān)
on shore在岸上 (zài àn shang)
(noun)
Definition
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river
He made it to the shore after leaving the boat.
Synonyms
beach
a beautiful sandy beach
coast
Camp sites are usually situated along the coast.
sands
strand (poetic)
lakeside
waterside
seaboard mainly US)
foreshore
seashore
related words
related adjectivelittoral
Additional synonyms
in the sense of coast
Definition
to move by momentum or force of gravity, without the use of power