Word for the day: shore

shore  |ʃɔː r |                                                                   *orilla (en Español)



DEFINITION

nounthe land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water: I made for the shore.• Law the land between ordinary high- and low-water marks.• (usu. shores) a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast: record companies have been anxious to import the music to American shores.

PHRASES
in shore on the water near land or nearer to land.on shore ashore; on land: are any of the crew left on shore?
DERIVATIVES
shoreless adjective,shoreward adjective& adverb,shorewards adverb
ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōre; perhaps related to the verb shear.

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