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.

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ashore British  

/ əˈʃɔː /

adverb

1. towards or onto land from the water

   we swam ashore

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adjective

1. on land, having come from the water

   a day ashore before sailing

Etymology

Origin of ashore

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

Example Sentences

Now, “it remains to be seen when surplus barrels finally move ashore in the Atlantic Basin,” the Paris-based agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The colonizers, four Chagossians aged 31 to 72, clambered aboard a dinghy and came ashore, waving British and American flags.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former fishing boat drifted ashore in rough seas at about 03:30 GMT on 11 December while working as a guard boat for an offshore wind farm near Ireland.

From BBC

A rare loggerhead turtle - a species not native to UK waters - has been rescued after being found near-dead on a Suffolk beach after being washed ashore in stormy weather.

From BBC

The Australian facilities “should be more than Guam, since it will have a permanent maintenance facility ashore with a dry dock,” said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former submariner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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