Definition of shore

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Shore (v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river..

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Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A high hill near the shore.
Saltwort :: Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort..
Nog :: Nog (n.) A treenail to fasten the shores.
Seaside :: Seaside (n.) The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively..
Lighter :: Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor..
Shored :: Shored (imp. & p. p.) of Shor.
Suent :: Sue (v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship..
Thinolite :: Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada..
Swamped :: Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore..
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
Spit :: Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand..
Shoring :: Shoring (n.) The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
Chippeways :: Chippeways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck..
Offshore :: Offshore (a.) From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal..
Shelving :: Shelving (a.) Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore..
Undersail :: Undersail (v. i.) To sail alongshore.
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer..
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