Definition of ashore

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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.

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Sea Bank :: Sea bank () The seashore.
Aland :: Aland (adv.) On land; to the land; ashore.
Sea Milkwort :: Sea milkwort () A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores..
Seashore :: Seashore (n.) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
Littoral :: Littoral (a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark..
Ashore :: 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.
Sandworm :: Sandworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..
Seaboard :: Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.
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.
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..
Sea Heath :: Sea heath () A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe..
Saltwort :: Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort..
Row :: Row (v. t.) To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge..
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..
Sea Marge :: Sea marge () Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..
Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
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