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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Seashore :: Seashore (n.) The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
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..
Sea Mud :: Sea mud () A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze..
Swamped :: Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore..
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..
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
Littoral :: Littoral (a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark..
Sandworm :: Sandworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
Sea Bank :: Sea bank () The seashore.
Sea Heath :: Sea heath () A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe..
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore..
Coast :: Coast (v. t.) The seashore, or land near it..
Situated :: Situated (a.) Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore..
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.
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..
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..
Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
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.
Sea Room :: Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground..
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