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Noun: shore  sho(r)
  1. The land along the edge of a body of water
     
  2. A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
    - shoring
Verb: shore  sho(r)
  1. Serve as a shore to
    "The river was shored by trees"
     
  2. Arrive on shore
    "The ship shored in Pearl Harbor"
    - land, set ashore
     
  3. Support by placing against something solid or rigid
    "shore and buttress an old building"
    - prop up, prop, shore up

Sounds like: sure

Derived forms: shoring, shores, shored

See also: shoring

Type of: arrive, beam, border, bound, come, formation, geological formation, get, hold, hold up, support, sustain

Encyclopedia: Shore