English Explanatory Dictionary

shore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
  2. Land, usually near a port.
verb
  1. To arrive at the shore
  2. To put ashore.
noun
  1. A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
verb
  1. Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
  2. Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
verb
  1. simple past of shear
noun
  1. A sewer.
verb
  1. To threaten or warn unpleasant consequences (for someone); (sometimes) to threaten or warn off or scare away.
  2. To threaten (to rain).
  3. To offer or present (someone something).
adv
  1. Pronunciation spelling of sure.
name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English.
  2. A place in England:
  3. A suburb of Littleborough, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9216).
  4. A hamlet near Cornholme in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).

Pronunciation

shô /ʃɔː/ shôr /ʃɔɹ/ shōrʹ /ʃo(ː)ɹ/ /ʃoə/ en-us-shore.ogg

Word forms

shore shores shoring shored more shore most shore

Etymology

From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear. Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.

Synonyms

buttress reinforce strengthen support bolster prop up sheared

Related words

longshoreman shorage

Derived words

alongshore ashore backshore bayshore downshore foreshore highshore Huron Shores inshore Jersey Shore Kingfisher Shores lakeshore lake shore disease lee shore longshore midshore nearshore North Shore Norton Shores noshore offshore onshore outshore reshore right-shore seashore shorebird shorebound shore break shore bug shore cod shore crab shored shore dinner shore dotterel shore duty shoreface shorefast shorefish shore fly shorefront shoregoing shoreland shorelark shore lark shore leave shoreless shorelike shoreline shoreman shore patrol shore pine shore pit viper shore plover shore plum shorepound shore power shoreside shoresman shore snipe
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