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Definition shore
Etymology 1
From Middle English schore, from Old English *s?ora (attested as s?or- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English s?ieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear. Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”).
Noun
shore (plural shores)
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
Verb
shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored)
- (obsolete) To set on shore.
shore (plural shores)
Verb
shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored)
- (transitive, without up) To provide with support.
- (usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
Etymology 3
See shear.
Verb
shore
- simple past tense of shear
Etymology 4
Noun
shore (plural shores)
- (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.
Etymology 5
Perhaps a form of score, or another form of sure, equivalent to assure.
Verb
shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored)
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