SHORE
Dictionary entry overview: What does shore mean?
• SHORE (noun)
The noun SHORE has 2 senses:
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
Familiarity information: SHORE used as a noun is rare.
• SHORE (verb)
The verb SHORE has 3 senses:
1. serve as a shore to
2. arrive on shore
3. support by placing against something solid or rigid
Familiarity information: SHORE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SHORE (noun)
Meaning:
The land along the edge of a body of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("shore" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Meronyms (parts of "shore"):
beach (an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake)
shoreline (a boundary line between land and water)
Domain category:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shore"):
lakeshore; lakeside (the shore of a lake)
coast; sea-coast; seacoast; seashore (the shore of a sea or ocean)
strand (a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides))
Meaning:
A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
shoring; shore
Hypernyms ("shore" is a kind of...):
beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)
• SHORE (verb)
Meaning:
Serve as a shore to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The river was shored by trees
Hypernyms (to "shore" is one way to...):
border; bound (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Arrive on shore
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
set ashore; shore; land
Context example:
The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
Hypernyms (to "shore" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Support by placing against something solid or rigid
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
prop; prop up; shore up; shore
Context example:
shore and buttress an old building
Hypernyms (to "shore" is one way to...):
hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shore"):
bolster (prop up with a pillow or bolster)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
