shore

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: shô, IPA ^(key): /ʃɔː/
• (US) enPR: shôr, IPA ^(key): /ʃɔr/

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Noun

Singular shore

Plural shores

shore of a sea

1. (countable) The shore is the land found close to the waters' edge.
2. (countable) The shore is another word for land.

   The sailors decided to eat on the shore.

3. (countable) A shore is a kind of support that helps to hold the weight of the floor above it.

Verb

Plain form shore

Third-person singular shores

Past tense shored

Past participle shored

Present participle shoring

1. (transitive) If you shore someone or something, that means that you give support to them.

   The workers were shoring up the dock after it almost fell into the water.

Verb

Plain form shear

Third-person singular shears

Past tense shorn

Past participle shore

Present participle shearing

1. The past participle of shear.