shore

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Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

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[change]

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[change]

Plain form
shear

Third-person singular
shears

Past tense
shorn

Past participle
shore

Present participle
shearing

  1. The past participle of shear.