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ashore

American  
[uh-shawr, uh-shohr] / əˈʃɔr, əˈʃoʊr /

adverb

  1. to the shore; onto the shore.

    The schooner was driven ashore.

  2. on the shore; on land rather than at sea or on the water.

    The captain has been ashore for two hours.
ashore British  
/ əˈʃɔː /

adverb

  1. towards or onto land from the water

    we swam ashore
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. on land, having come from the water

    a day ashore before sailing
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ashore

First recorded in 1580–90; a- 1 + shore 1

Example Sentences

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Theirs is not a conventionally acceptable relationship, as they discover when they wash ashore in separate places in an unfamiliar country where dinosaurs and human beings roam, the latter resembling 3rd or 4th century Celts.

From Salon

The coffins were collected by the three teams in canoes and towed ashore, with each being worth £1,000 for the prize fund.

From BBC

The last arrivals of 2025 were on 22 December, when 17 people were brought ashore at Dover.

From BBC

One video showed a large great white being hauled ashore from a fishing boat in Algeria.

From BBC

Mystery surrounds the appearance of hundreds of Victorian hobnailed shoes which have washed ashore on a beach.

From BBC

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