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   shore

   /ʃɔː/

   noun

   • 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water: "I took the tiller and made for the shore"
   • ▪ the land between ordinary high- and low-water marks.
   • ▪ a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast: "record companies have been anxious to import the music to American shores"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōre; perhaps related to the verb shear.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shoreless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does shore mean in English?

   • 1. The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. [...] 2. When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. [literary] [...] What is the difference between beach, shore and coast?

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   What is the difference between a coast and a shore?

   • Coasts with a narrow continental shelf that are close to the open ocean are called pelagic coast, while other coasts are more sheltered coast in a gulf or bay. A shore, on the other hand, may refer to parts of land adjoining any large body of water, including oceans (sea shore) and lakes (lake shore). Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa.

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   What does it mean when someone reaches the shores of a country?

   • When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe. This youngster is another destined to leave these shores. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. a. b.

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   What is the difference between a shore and a lake?

   • A shore, on the other hand, may refer to parts of land adjoining any large body of water, including oceans (sea shore) and lakes (lake shore). Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa. The Earth has approximately 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi) of coastline.

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   What is the difference between a shore and a beach?

   • In physical oceanography, a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore, representing the intertidal zone where there is one.

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   How far off the shore was a boat from the shore?

   • from/off (the) shore The boat was about a mile from/off (the) shore when the engine suddenly died. We waited until we were on shore before repairing the sails. In 1992, Britain played host to the first multi-racial South African team to visit its shores. We could hear waves crashing against the shore. The waves gently lapped the shore.

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   The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship.

   • American

     Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense...

   • Shore Bird

     Any of various birds that live close to water, esp any bird...

   • Shore Crab

     SHORE CRAB definition: any of numerous crabs that live along...

   • Shore Up

     If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you...

   • Shopwoman

     A woman who works in a shop.... Click for English...

   • Shoran

     A short-range radar system by which an aircraft, ship, etc...

   • Shopworn

     → the US word for shopsoiled.... Click for English...

   • Coastland

     The land fringing a coast.... Click for English...

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   Definitions of 'shore'. 1. The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. [...] 2. When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. [literary] [...]

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   noun (1) ˈshȯr. often attributive. Synonyms of shore. 1. : the land bordering a usually large body of water. specifically : coast. 2. : a boundary (as of a country) or an area within a boundaryusually used in plural. immigrated to these shores. 3. : land as distinguished from the sea. shipboard and shore duty. shore. 2 of 3. noun (2)

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   shores [ plural] literary a country or continent with a coast : In 1992, Britain played host to the first multi-racial South African team to visit its shores.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CoastCoast - Wikipedia

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   A coast – also called the coastline, shoreline, or seashore – is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape, as well as by water induced erosion, such as waves.

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   shores. phrase [ plural ] literary. Add to word list. a country or continent with a coast: In 1992, Britain played host to the first multi-racial South African team to visit these shores. Not all of the island's residents are delighted by the millions who flock to its shores.

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   Shore definition: The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.