shore
the land along the edge of a body of water
How often you will meet it
Rank 971 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,858 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the land along the edge of a body of water
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support also: shoring
verb
- serve as a shore to The river was shored by trees
- arrive on shore also: land, set ashore The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
- support by placing against something solid or rigid also: prop up, prop, shore up shore and buttress an old building
shore in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Johnston stroked his dark beard thoughtfully, then he pointed toward the shore.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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Poor Xury, almost dead with fear, entreated me not to go on shore that night.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Ah, what may live, who mighty swim, Or boat-crew reach that shore forbid, Or cable span?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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His great blue misty hills washed their turbulent waves to the yellow shore of the dropping sun.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1