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Definition of Shore
1. Verb. Serve as a shore to. "The river was shored by trees"
2. Noun. The land along the edge of a body of water.
Generic synonyms: Formation, Geological Formation
Category relationships: Lake, Ocean, River
Specialized synonyms: Lakeshore, Lakeside, Coast, Sea-coast, Seacoast, Seashore, Strand
3. Verb. Arrive on shore. "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
4. Noun. A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support.
5. Verb. Support by placing against something solid or rigid. "Shore and buttress an old building"
Generic synonyms: Hold, Hold Up, Support, Sustain
Specialized synonyms: Bolster
Derivative terms: Prop, Shoring, Shoring Up
Definition of Shore
1. n. A sewer.
2. n. A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
3. v. t. To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
4. n. The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
5. v. t. To set on shore.
Definition of Shore
1. Proper noun. (surname topographic from=Middle English) ¹
2. Noun. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. ¹
3. Noun. (context: from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port. ¹
4. Noun. A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it ¹
5. Verb. (transitive without ''up'') To provide with support. ¹
6. Verb. (context: usually with ''up'') To reinforce (something at risk of failure}. ¹
7. Verb. (simple past of shear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shore
1. to prop with a supporting timber [v SHORED, SHORING, SHORES]
Medical Definition of Shore
1. The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. "Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore." (Shak) "The fruitful shore of muddy Nile." (Spenser) In shore, near the shore. On shore. See On. Shore birds, the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). Origin: OE. Schore, AS. Score, probably fr. Scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. Schoore, schoor. See Shear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)