English dictionary

shore

/S//oU/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the land along the edge of a body of water

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

noun.artifact

Synonyms shoring

Source: WordNet 3.0
A sewer.

noun

Source: webster1913
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.

noun

Source: webster1913
The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

noun

Source: webster1913

serve as a shore to

verb.stative

Examples
The river was shored by trees.

Source: WordNet 3.0
arrive on shore

verb.motion

Synonyms land set ashore

Source: WordNet 3.0
support by placing against something solid or rigid

verb.contact

Examples
Shore and buttress an old building.

Synonyms prop prop up shore up

Source: WordNet 3.0
To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with <i>up</i>; as, to <i>shore</i> up a building.

verb

Source: webster1913
To set on shore.

verb

Source: webster1913