often attributive
1
: the land bordering a usually large body of water
specifically
: coast
2
: a boundary (as of a country) or an area within a boundary
—usually used in plural
immigrated to these shores
3
: land as distinguished from the sea
shipboard and shore duty
: a prop for preventing sinking or sagging
shored; shoring
Examples of shore in a Sentence
Noun (2)
the carpenter placed a shore underneath the sagging roof of the porch
Verb
a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete
used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Her remains were located during the search for Shannan Gilbert, whose desperate 911 call to police in May 2010 kicked off a search that would eventually result in the discovery of several sets of remains along the southern shore of Long Island.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
The defense has been elevated without the captain on the floor, but late-game execution remains an area for shoring.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The route also serves up picture-postcard water views of Puget Sound, the Columbia River, and Chuckanut Bay on the eastern shore of Salish Sea.
—Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Her remains were located during the search for Shannan Gilbert, whose desperate 911 call to police in May 2010 kicked off a search that would eventually result in the discovery of several sets of remains along the southern shore of Long Island.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
Two firefighters waded in to the icy water to open a path to shore for the yak, while others waited for her on land.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
The defense has been elevated without the captain on the floor, but late-game execution remains an area for shoring.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Shore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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shore
1 of 3 noun
ˈshō(ə)r 
ˈshȯ(ə)r
: the land along the edge of a body of water (as the sea)
shore
2 of 3 verb
shored; shoring
: to support with one or more bracing timbers
shore up a house foundation
shore
3 of 3 noun
: a prop or support placed under or against something to support it
Etymology
Noun
Middle English shore "the land on the edge of a body of water"
Verb
Middle English shoren "to support, brace"
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