shore

CEFRA2

/ʃo(ː)ɹ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or river.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Land, usually near a port.

Examples

  • Huge waves were breaking on the shore.

  • I can see some boats far away from the shore.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To arrive at the shore

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

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To put ashore.

More examples

In context

  • I saw a fishing boat about a mile off the shore.

  • The passengers signed up for shore tours.

  • The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.