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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishschore, fromOld English*sċora (attested assċor- in placenames), fromProto-Germanic*skurô(“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related toOld Englishsċieran(“to cut”), which survives today asEnglishshear.

Cognate withMiddle Dutchscorre(“land washed by the sea”),Middle Low Germanschor(“shore, coast, headland”),Middle High Germanschorre("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; >GermanSchorre,Schorren(“towering rock, crag”)), andLimburgishsjaor(“riverbank”). Maybe connected withNorwegian Bokmålskjær.

Noun

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shore (pluralshores)

  1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
    lake shore;  bay shore;  gulf shore;  island shore;  mainland shore;  river shore;  estuary shore;  pond shore;  sandy shore;  rocky shore
  2. (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
    Theseamen were serving onshore instead of in ships.
    The passengers signed up forshore tours.
Usage notes
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  • Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to haveshores.
  • Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to havebanks.
  • River bank(s) outnumbersRiver shore(s) about 200:3 atCOCA.
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Derived terms
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Terms derived fromshore (noun)
Related terms
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Translations
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land adjoining a large body of water

Verb

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shore (third-person singular simple presentshores,present participleshoring,simple past and past participleshored)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To arrive at the shore
    • 1589,Richard Hakluyt,The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies toChristopher Barker, […],→OCLC:
      the ship quickened her way, and shot past that rocke, where wee thought shee would haveshored.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To put ashore.[1]

Etymology 2

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From LateMiddle Englishshore(“a prop, a support”) [and other forms],[2] fromMiddle Dutchschore,schare(“a prop, a stay”) (modernDutchschoor), andMiddle Low Germanschōre,schāre(“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compareOld Norseskorða(“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegianskor,skorda)); further etymology unknown.[3]

Noun

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shore (pluralshores)

  1. Aprop orstrutsupporting somestructure orweight above it.
    Theshores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Etymology 3

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Aboat ondry land which has been shored up(etymology 3) to keep itupright.

From LateMiddle Englishshoren(“to prop, to support”) [and other forms],[4][5] fromMiddle Englishshore(“a prop, a support”) (seeetymology 2) +-en(suffix forming theinfinitive form ofverbs);[6] compareMiddle Dutchschooren(“to prop up, support”) andMiddle Low Germanschore(“to shovel; to sweep”).

Derived terms

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Verb

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shore (third-person singular simple presentshores,present participleshoring,simple past and past participleshored)(transitive)

  1. Not followed byup: toprovide (something) withsupport.
    Synonyms:buttress,reinforce,strengthen,support
    • 1990, Christopher Gravett, Richard Hook,Medieval Siege Warfare, page45:
      If houses were present these could be used to conceal the mine opening. As the mine progressed the roof wasshored with timbers.
    • 1993, Jim Trefethen,Wooden Boat Renovation: New Life for Old Boats using Modern Methods, page106:
      Sometimes it's easier to laminate the strips one at a time,shoring each in place only long enough for the epoxy to set.
    • 1999, Vincent J. M. Di Maio,Gunshot Wounds, page94:
      These are calledshored exit wounds. They are characterized by a broad, irregular band of abrasion of the skin around the exit. In such wounds the skin is reinforced, or "shored," by a firm surface at the instant the bullet exits.
    • 1999, William P. Spence,Carpentry & Building Construction: A Do-It-Yourself Guide, page14:
      It must provide the same degree of protection offered by a complete shoring system. Shoring Excavations Shallow trenches can beshored using wood sheet piling braced by stringers and rakers
  2. Usually followed byup: toreinforce (somethingat risk offailure).
    Synonyms:bolster,prop up
    My familyshored me up after I failed theGED.
    The workers wereshoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
    • 1811, Robert Kerr,A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century, volume III, page342:
      ... but his caravels were so much worm-eaten and shattered by storms that he could not reach that island, and was forced to run them on shore in a creek on the coast of Jamaica, where heshored them upright with spars
Derived terms
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Translations
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support—seeshore up

Etymology 4

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Seeshear.

Verb

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shore

  1. simplepast ofshear
    Synonym:sheared

Etymology 5

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Originally,common-shore

Noun

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shore (pluralshores)

  1. (obsolete except Scotland) Asewer.[7]

Etymology 6

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Perhaps a variant ofscore orsure, equivalent toassure.

Verb

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shore (third-person singular simple presentshores,present participleshoring,simple past and past participleshored)(transitive, Scotland, archaic)

  1. Tothreaten orwarn (someone).
  2. Tooffer (someone).

Etymology 7

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Adverb

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shore (comparativemoreshore,superlativemostshore)

  1. Pronunciation spelling ofsure.

References

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  1. ^“shore”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
  2. ^“shōre,n.(3)”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
  3. ^“shore,n.3”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2021;“shore2,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
  4. ^“shōren,v.(1)”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
  5. ^Compare“shore,v.1”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2021;“shore2,v.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
  6. ^“-en,suf.(3)”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
  7. ^“shore”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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