Definition of ashore

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of ashore is as below...

Ashore (adv.) On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.

Lern More About Ashore

Sea Marge :: Sea marge () Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.
Seaside :: Seaside (n.) The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..
Sandworm :: Sandworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
Sea Holly :: Sea holly () An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.
Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore..
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
Aland :: Aland (adv.) On land; to the land; ashore.
Seashore :: Seashore (n.) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
Disembark :: Disembark (v. i.) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
Saltwort :: Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort..
Seine :: Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..
Midland :: Midland (a.) Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants..
Longshore :: Longshore (a.) Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.
Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..
Coast :: Coast (v. t.) The seashore, or land near it..
Seaboard :: Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us