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What is a basic definition of shore?
A shore is land that is located along the edge of a body of water. Shore can also be used more generally to mean any land or a particular country. As a verb, shore means to support something.
If a certain area of land touches or runs alongside a body of water, it is a shore. For example, a fisherman would stand at a river’s shore while fishing in it.
A shore is similar to a coast or a beach. A coast is a shore that specifically meets the ocean. A beach is a part of a shore covered in sand and pebbles.
- Real-life examples: Boats are docked along shores. Many shores have beautiful, sandy beaches. MTV once filmed an infamous reality show on the shore of New Jersey.
- Used in a sentence: Eve liked to watch the deer relax along the shore of the lake.
Shore is also used generally to mean any land. This sense is often used as a contrast to water, such as when talking about sailing or boating.
- Used in a sentence: When I was in the Coast Guard, I didn’t spend much time on shore.
Shore can also mean a country.
- Used in a sentence: I want to return to my native shore of Wales.
As a verb, shore means to support or to bolster. In this sense, it is often followed by the word up.
- Real-life examples: A builder might shore up a roof with several posts. You might shore up your essay with quotes from the research you did. A government can shore up the solar energy industry by giving solar panel manufacturers tax breaks.
- Used in a sentence: The president planned to shore up the economy by giving aid to small businesses.
Related to this sense, shore is used as a noun to mean a beam or post that acts as a support.
- Used in a sentence: We used steel shores to keep the side wall from falling down.
Where does shore come from?
The first records of the water-related shore come from around 1350. It ultimately comes from the Old English scora, which is recorded only in place names.
The first records of the support-related shore come from around 1250. It ultimately comes from the Middle English score. The verb form comes from the noun.
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How is shore used in real life?
Shore is a common word that means land that is along the water or that means to reinforce something.
Another great day is on the way! Today would be a great day to go to the shore!
— NY NJ PA Weather (@nynjpaweather) April 17, 2009
Now when I’m at the shore I’m D (Down) T (to) F (FEAST) 🤤#JSFamilyVacation
— Mike The Situation ☝🏻 (@ItsTheSituation) May 29, 2020
Raise your hand if you would rather we pay to fix Flint’s drinking water than for a stupid walk. And while we’re at it, if we have 5 Billion dollars worth of concrete, let’s shore up our crumbling bridges, why don’t we?
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) December 13, 2018
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A shore is land that touches or runs along a body of water, such as the ocean.
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British Dictionary definitions for shore (1 of 3)
- land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore)
- (as modifier)shore duty