Definition of shore

noun (n)

• the land along the edge of a body of water (noun.object)

  source: wordnet30
• a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: shoring
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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

verb (v)

• serve as a shore to (verb.stative)

  Example:
  The river was shored by trees.
  

  source: wordnet30
• arrive on shore (verb.motion)

  Synonym: land, set ashore
  

  source: wordnet30
• support by placing against something solid or rigid (verb.contact)

  Synonym: prop, prop up, shore up
  

  Example:
  Shore and buttress an old building.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To set on shore. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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