shore
Meaning
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- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- Land, usually near a port.
Synonyms
water’s edge
bank of river
inside corner
set ashore
sea board
sea coast
sea-coast
coast line
landing place
opposite bank
water-front
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɔː/
Etymology
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.
shear
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- To remove the fleece from (a sheep etc.) by clipping.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To change in direction or speed.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To make a vertical cut in coal.
- To reap, as grain.
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
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