shore

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: shore

1	n v	the land along the edge of a body of water serve as a shore to
2	v n	support by placing against something solid or rigid a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: shore

Examples:: show 5 examples...; hide 5 examples...; Barbary Coast
the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates; Aeolia
an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC; Atlantic Coast
a coast of the Atlantic Ocean; Gulf Coast
a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico; Pacific Coast
a coast of the Pacific Ocean

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; 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); litoral, littoral, littoral zone, sands
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean; landfall
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water); seaboard, seaside
the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort; tideland
land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide

Type of:: formation, geological formation
(geology) the geological features of the earth

“The river was shored by trees”

Type of:: arrive, come, get
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

“shore and buttress an old building”

Type of:: hold, hold up, support, sustain
be the physical support of; carry the weight of

Type of:: beam
long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

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