shore
Definitions
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- coast, coastline
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond
- A sewer.
- A topographic surname from Middle English.
- shore, shoreline
- To support by or as if by a prop: shored up the sagging floors; shored up the peace initiative.
- Land, usually near a port.
- Land, usually near a port
- A place in England:
- A suburb of Littleborough, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9216).
- expense, costs
- A beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support.
- To arrive at the shore
- A hamlet near Cornholme in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).
- A past tense of shear.
- To put ashore
- A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:brace, buttress, crutch, prop, stay, support, underpinning.
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it
- land bordering on the sea or on any large area of water. a walk along the shore; When the ship reached Gibraltar the passengers were allowed on shore. strand شاطئ، ضِفَّه бряг praia břeh, pobřeží das Ufer kyst; på land ακτή θάλασσας, όχθη λίμνης ή ποταμού costa, playa rand, kallas ساحل ranta rivageחוף किनारा, तीर obala, žal (tenger)part pantai strönd; land spiaggia 岸 (바다, 강, 호숫가의) 육지 krantas krasts pesisir kuststrand, kyst, landbrzeg ساحل praia coastă, ţărm, litoral берег, побережье breh, pob...
- The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
- often shores Land; country: far from our native shores.
- Land as opposed to water: a sailor with an assignment on shore.
- (Physical Geography) the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river.
- (Physical Geography) a. land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore)
Equivalents
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አማርኛዳር
Беларускаябераг
Българскибряг
Češtinabřeh
Cymraegtraeth
Ελληνικάακτή
Gaeilgecladach
Hausabaki
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻikahakai
Magyarpart
Հայերենափ
Italianoriva
ಕನ್ನಡಕರೆ
Кыргызчажака
Lingálalibongo
Lietuviųkrantas
Te Reo Māoritaha
Македонскибрег
മലയാളംകര
Монголэрэг
Maltixatt
မြန်မာကမ်း
پښتوساحل
සිංහලවැල්ල
Slovenčinabreh
Slovenščinabreg
Svenskastrand
Kiswahiliukingo wa bahari
தமிழ்கரை
తెలుగుకరం
Setswanantshi
ئۇيغۇرچەساھىل
O'zbekchasohil
Examples
“lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore”
“the fruitful shore of muddy Nile”
“Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges[…]: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.”
“Floods in the middle Yangtse were frequent in the past. The Yangtse carries less silt than the Yellow River. But under the old regimes, the Chingkiang section (the section of the middle Yangtse between Chihchiang County in Hupeh Province and Chenglingchi in Hunan Province), the shores of the Tungting Lake and the lower reaches of the Han Shui were frequently flooded, causing great damage⟳ to the vast plain of Hupeh and Hunan.”
“The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships.”
“The passengers signed up for shore tours.”
“The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.”
“Emptie olde receptacles, or common-shores of filthe.”
“I need⟳ not mention⟳ the old common-shore of Rome.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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