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Definition of: shore

(shôr, shōr) noun
1. The coast or land adjacent to an ocean, sea, lake, or large river. ♦ Collateral adjective: littoral.
2. Law The ground between the ordinary high–water mark and low–water mark. See synonyms under BANK1, LAND, MARGIN.
—in shore
Near or toward the shore.

v.t. shored, shor·ing

1. To set on shore.
2. To surround as with a shore. [ME schore; origin uncertain]

Definition of: shore

(shôr, shōr) v.t. shored, shor·ing
To prop, as a wall, by a vertical or sloping timber: usually with up.
noun A beam set endwise as a prop, as against the side of a building, a ship on the stocks, etc., especially as a temporary support. See illustration under DRYDOCK.
[Cf. Du. schoor prop, ON skordha stay]

Definition of: shore

(shôr, shōr)
Archaic past tense of SHEAR.

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"shore" has the frequency of use of 0.0029% on en.wikipedia.org.

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