SHORE

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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