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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
shore1 /ʃɔr/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, etc.: [countable]a walk down by the shore.[uncountable]The marine was now serving on shore.
  2. some particular country:[countable]my native shore.

shore2 /ʃɔr/USA pronunciation   v., shored, shor•ing. 
  1. Building, Civil Engineeringto support or strengthen: [~ + object]shored the walls with timbers.[~ + up + object]The workers shored up the side of the wall with timbers.[~ + object + up]to shore the walls up.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
shore1  (shôr, shōr),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
  2. some particular country:my native shore.
  3. land, as opposed to sea or water:a marine serving on shore.
  4. Lawthe space between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark.

adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, or located on land, esp. land along the edge of a body of water:a marine on shore duty.
  • 1300–50; Middle English schore, Old English scora; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schore; perh. akin to shear
    1. strand, margin. Shore, bank, beach, coast refer to an edge of land abutting on an ocean, lake, or other large body of water. Shore is the general word:The ship reached shore.Bank denotes the land along a river or other watercourse, sometimes steep but often not:The river flows between its banks.Beach refers to sandy or pebbly margins along a shore, esp. those made wider at ebb tide:a private beach for bathers.Coast applies only to land along an ocean:the Pacific coast.
shore2  (shôr, shōr),USA pronunciation n., v., shored, shor•ing. 
n. 
    1. Building, Civil Engineeringa supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, esp. one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like;
      prop;
      strut.

    v.t. 
    1. Building, Civil Engineeringto support by or as if by a shore or shores;
      prop (usually fol. by up):to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
    • 1300–50; (noun, nominal) Middle English; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schore prop; (verb, verbal) shoren, derivative of the noun, nominal
      1. brace, buttress, stay.
shore3  (shôr, shōr),USA pronunciation v.t., shored, shor•ing. [Scot. and North Eng.]
  1. to threaten (someone).
  2. to offer or proffer (something).
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  • Middle English (Scots) schore 1325–75

Shore  (shôr, shōr),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
shore /ʃɔː/ n
  1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river
    Related adjective(s): littoral
    • land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore)
    • (as modifier): shore duty
  3. the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water
  4. (often plural) a country: his native shores
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōre; compare Old High German scorra cliff; see shear
shore /ʃɔː/ n
  1. a prop, post, or beam used to support a wall, building, ship in dry dock, etc
 vb
  1. (transitive) often followed by up: to prop or make safe with or as if with a shore
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Dutch schōre; related to Old Norse skortha propˈshoring n
shore /ʃɔː/ vb
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