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shore (n.)
1.a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
2.the land along the edge of a body of water
3.sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)"they pulled the canoe up on the bank" "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"
shore (v. trans.)
1.support by placing against something solid or rigid"shore and buttress an old building"
2.arrive on shore"The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
3.serve as a shore to"The river was shored by trees"
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Merriam Webster
ShoreShore (?), imp. of Shear. Chaucer.
ShoreShore, n. A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
ShoreShore, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor, OD. schoore, Icel. skor�a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut off.] A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging. [Written also shoar.]
ShoreShore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoring.] [OE. schoren. See Shore a prop.] To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
ShoreShore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
Michael Cassio,
Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
Is come shore. Shak.
The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. Spenser.
In shore, near the shore. Marryat. -- On shore. See under On. -- Shore birds (Zoöl.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. -- Shore crab (Zoöl.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California. -- Shore lark (Zoöl.), a small American lark (Otocoris alpestris) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also horned lark. -- Shore plover (Zoöl.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. -- Shore teetan (Zoöl.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]
ShoreShore (?), v. t. To set on shore. [Obs.] Shak.
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⇨ definition of Wikipedia
shore (n.)
bank, beach, coast, embankment, girder, lakeside, littoral, seaboard, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shoreline, shoring, strand, strut, supporter, waterside
shore (v. trans.)
approach, go towards, go up to, head for, hold up, land, make for, proceed towards, prop, prop up, reach, set ashore, shore up, support, sustain, tie up, walk up to
See also
shore (v. trans.)
⇨ Common Shore Crab • Crab, Common Shore • European Shore Crab • off-shore • off-shore place • shore bird • shore boulder • shore bristle-tail • shore crab • shore duty • shore leave • shore patrol • shore pine • shore protection • shore station • shore up
shore (n.)
toit (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
autre élément de charpente (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
shore (n.)
shore (n.)
embankment; bank; waterside; shoreline; shore[ClasseHyper.]
shore (n.)
incline, side, slope[Hyper.]
bank[Dérivé]
shore (v. tr.)
porter, soutenir qqch (fr)[Classe]
munir d'un support, d'un soutien matériel (fr)[Classe]
dessous (fr)[termes liés]
charpente (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
étançon (fr)[GenV+comp]
shore (v. tr.)
accoster (bateau) (fr)[Classe]
arriver en bateau (fr)[Classe]
(port; haven; harbour; harbor)[termes liés]
(vessel; watercraft; oceangoing ship; seagoing ship; barge; boat)[termes liés]
(embankment; bank; waterside; shoreline; shore)[termes liés]
shore (v. tr.)
border, bound[Hyper.]
shore[Dérivé]
Wikipedia
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A shore or shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In Physical Oceanography a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore, representing the intertidal zone where there is one.[1] In contrast to a coast, a shore can border any body of water, while the coast must border an ocean; that is, a coast is a type of shore. Shore is often substituted for coast where an oceanic shore is meant.
Shores are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape, as well as by water induced erosion, such as waves. The geological composition of rock and soil dictates the type of shore which is created.
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