shore

Meaning

Noun

1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
2. Land, usually near a port.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive at the shore
2. (obsolete, transitive) To put ashore.

Verb

1. (transitive) Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
2. (transitive) Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).

Verb

simple past of shear

Verb

1. (Scotland, archaic, transitive) To threaten or warn unpleasant consequences (for someone); (sometimes) to threaten or warn off or scare away.
2. (Scotland, archaic, transitive) To threaten (to rain).
3. (Scotland, archaic, transitive) To offer or present (someone something).

Adv

Pronunciation spelling of sure.

shear

• Verb
• Noun
• Adj

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Synonyms

bank

🏦

coast

beach

🏖️

seaside

edge

seashore

land

strand

riverbank

water’s edge

support

dry land

riverside

side

littoral

border

waterside

rim

corner

prop

bank of river

waterfront

prop up

limit

inside corner

angle

coastline

ground

strut

seacoast

shore up

margin

seaboard

brace

set ashore

sea board

underpin

uphold

stand

chock

shoring

buttress

sea coast

sandbar

embankment

stanchion

sands

brim

crutch

🩼

countenance

Translations

Ufer

rive

🏦

rivage

🏦

orilla

côte

Küste

riva

🏦

sponda

🏦

Strand

🏖️

costa

kust

costa

bord

oever

🏦

costa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɔː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schore

Inherited from Old English: *sċora

Cognate with Old English: sċieran

Cognate with English: shear

Cognate with Middle Dutch: scorre

Cognate with Middle Low German: schor

Cognate with Middle High German: schorre

Cognate with German: Schorre

Cognate with Limburgish: sjaor

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: skjær

Inherited from Middle English: shore

Cognate with Dutch: schoor

Cognate with Old Norse: skorða

Cognate with Norwegian: skor

Inherited from Middle English: shoren

Cognate with Middle Dutch: schooren

Cognate with Middle Low German: schore

In summary

From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“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”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.