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# shore

«shore» in Mova's school dictionary: **the land at the edge of a sea or lake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (shore, shores); verb (shore up, shores, shored, shoring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The shore is the land at the edge of a sea or lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#m1)

2) To shore up something is to hold it up with supports so it does not fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a setting; distance from the shore; shells found on the shore; in science: waves wear away the shore, tides come in and go out, crabs and seabirds live there; in safety: swim near the shore and between the flags, watch the tide; phrases: «on shore», «ashore», «offshore», «the seashore»

### examples

- She found 14 shells on the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x1)
- The boat is 300 m from the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x2)
- They walked 2 km along the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x3)
- How many shells in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x4)
- Waves crashed onto the rocky shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x5)
- Stay close to the shore when you swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x6)
- Crabs scuttled along the shore at low tide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x7)
- The sailors swam ashore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x8)
- Workers shored up the old wall with wooden beams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x9)
- The canoe floated to the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/#x10)

### note

A story word; the numbers are shells or distances. Homophone: «sure» sounds similar in some accents. «Ashore» means onto or on the shore. «Seashore» = sea + shore.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat is laughing as he pushes him to shore with the oars under his arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/7/)
- [It's the jolly times on shore that appeal to me».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/20/)
- [A rip current is a strong current that flows away from the shore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/10/)
- [A rip current is a narrow, fast flow of water moving away from the shore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/12/)
- [Most rips are narrow, so a short swim parallel to the shore takes you out of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.