Shore

Noun

 * 1) the land on or near a waterline such as a sea shore or lake shore
 * 2) the land
 * The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.
 * 1) a prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it
 * The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Verb

 * 1) To provide support in some way
 * My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
 * The workers were shoring up the dock after it fell into the water.

Verb
shore



Related terms

 * shoreline
 * ashore
 * foreshore

Synonyms

 * beach
 * coast
 * strengthen
 * support

Adjectives for Shore
fading; pebbled; happy; fertile; beaten; swampy; receding; desolate; concave; exalted; far-off; crescent; rocky; sundered; emerald; inhospitable; waveless; dreadful; solitary; sighing; grateful; gloomy; cliff-like; scanty; delicious; shining; smiling; sterile; verdant; lily-lined;  melancholy; pastoral; slimy; celestial; treeless; craggy; hoary; lonely; tumbling; accessible; pleasant; crepuscular; laughing; wasting; rival; kindred; upbraiding; sunny; bold; beautiful; chill; distant; furrowed; pitiless; sordid; porous; proximate; cressy; crumbling; friendlier; cheerless;  peopled;   savage; darksome; teeming; unprotected; changeless; boundless; tranquil; ghostly; mistcovered; peaceful; rugged; breezy ; caressing; lonesome; radiant; spicy; stormless; bloody; imagined; weary; sandy; wintry; arid; perilous; alluvial; heterogeneous; echoic.

Verbs for Shore
batter—; behold—; blockade—; buffet—; buttress—; coast to—; dash upon—; espy —; explore—; fortify—; frequent—; gain —; hail—; hasten to—; intrench on—; kiss —; maroon on—; pace—; patrol—; plant on—; ramble on—; repel from—; roam—; saunter on—; seek—; skirt—; strive for—; stroll along—; view from—; wash—; win —; —resounds; —tapers.

Thesaurus
afford support, aquatic, back, back up, balneal, bank, beach, beam, bear, bear out, bear up, berm, board, bolster, bolster up, border, bordure, brace, brim, brink, broadside, brow, buoy up, buttress, carry, cheek, chop, coast, coastal, coastland, coastline, column, cradle, crutch, cushion, deep-sea, edge, embankment, estuarine, featheredge, finance, flange, flank, foreshore, frame, fringe, fund, give support, grallatorial, hand, handedness, haunch, hem, hip, hold, hold up, ironbound coast, jowl, keep, keep afloat, keep up, labellum, labium, labrum, laterality, ledge, lend support, lido, limb, limbus, lip, list, littoral, mainstay, maintain, many-sidedness, marge, margin, multilaterality, natant, natatorial, natatory, pillow, plage, planking, playa, profile, prop, prop up, quarter, ragged edge, reinforce, rim, riparial, riparian, riparious, riverbank, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, selvage, shingle, shore up, shoreline, shoreside, shoreward, shoulder, side, sideline, siding, skirt, stay, strand, submerged coast, subsidize, subvention, subventionize, support, sustain, swimming, temple, tidal, tidewater, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin, underpinning, underset, unilaterality, upbear, uphold, upkeep, verge, water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving, waterfront, waterside

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: riba
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 岸 (àn)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, oever
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:, rannikko
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Interlingua: ripa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 岸 (kishi)
 * Korean: 물가 (mulga), e.g., 바닷가 (badatga)
 * Latin: ,
 * Navajo:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cladach
 * Slovene: obala (sea, lake), breg  (river)
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: ,

Anagrams

 * hoers, HORSE, horse, hoser