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SHORE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

shore; shoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shore" is a kind of...):

beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)

Derivation:

shore (support by placing against something solid or rigid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The land along the edge of a body of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("shore" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Meronyms (parts of "shore"):

beach (an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake)

shoreline (a boundary line between land and water)

Domain category:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shore"):

lakeshore; lakeside (the shore of a lake)

coast; sea-coast; seacoast; seashore (the shore of a sea or ocean)

strand (a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides))

Derivation:

shore (arrive on shore)

shore (serve as a shore to)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Support by placing against something solid or rigid

Example:

shore and buttress an old building

Synonyms:

prop; prop up; shore; shore up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shore" is one way to...):

hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shore"):

bolster (prop up with a pillow or bolster)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

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

shoring (the act of propping up with shores)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrive on shore

Example:

The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

Synonyms:

land; set ashore; shore

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shore" is one way to...):

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

shore (the land along the edge of a body of water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Serve as a shore to

Example:

The river was shored by trees

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "shore" is one way to...):

border; bound (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

shore (the land along the edge of a body of water)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then the Lion began to swim with all his might toward the shore.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The trip was subject to technical problems requiring a return to shore to fix broken equipment.

(Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa, Wikinews)

Analyses of genome structure further shored up evidence that the cells that were once Müller glia had been genetically reprogrammed and were now showing characteristics of interneurons.

(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)

The therapy is an attempt to shore up the health of remaining photoreceptors by replacing dying RPE with iPSC-derived RPE.

(Researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

"Any instrumentation you get out into the ocean, even if it is only the first 50 kilometers from shore, is very useful."

(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)

The bean, who had prudently stayed behind on the shore, could not but laugh at the event, was unable to stop, and laughed so heartily that she burst.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

If you happen to be on foreign shores that weekend, you will have a magical experience on one of the days extending from Friday, December 13, to Monday, December 16.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Aquatic plants that are found in the near-shore zone.

(Aquatic macrophytes, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

I could see the blur of their craft, but they were going nearly as fast as I, and they must have been a long mile from the shore before I caught them up.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The shore would compel him to go about, and the contact would be broken.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)