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shore

UK/ʃɔː/ US/ʃɔɹ/ common
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.

the land along the edge of a body of water

2.

a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

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verb

1.

serve as a shore to

  • “The river was shored by trees”
2.

arrive on shore

  • “The ship landed in Pearl Harbor”
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3.

support by placing against something solid or rigid

  • “shore and buttress an old building”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • degree Shore
  • Shore durometer
  • Shore hardness
  • shore up

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