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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ashore \A*shore"\, adv. [Pref. a- + shore.]
     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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           Here shall I die ashore.                 --Shak.
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           I must fetch his necessaries ashore.     --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ashore
       adv : towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore"
             [syn: {on land}, {toward land}, {onto land}]

















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