Shore

11 definitions found

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

  Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran,
     and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
     to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.]
     The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
     ocean, lake, or large river.
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           Michael Cassio,
           Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
           Is come shore.                           --Shak.
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           The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.        --Spenser.
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     {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat.
  
     {On shore}. See under {On}.
  
     {Shore birds} (Zool.), a collective name for the various
        limicoline birds found on the seashore.
  
     {Shore crab} (Zool.), any crab found on the beaches, or
        between tides, especially any one of various species of
        grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California.
  
     {Shore lark} (Zool.), a small American lark ({Otocoris
        alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
        the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark
        brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow
        local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
        streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
        tufts. Called also {horned lark}.
  
     {Shore plover} (Zool.), a large-billed Australian plover
        ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and
        feeds on crustaceans, etc.
  
     {Shore teetan} (Zool.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}).
        [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shear \Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p.
     {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE.
     sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran,
     scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re,
     Gr. ???. Cf. {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to
     turn aside.]
     1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
        instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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     Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
           sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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     2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
        to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
        shear a fleece.
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              Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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     4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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     5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
        {Shear}, n., 4.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shore \Shore\,
     imp. of {Shear}. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shore \Shore\, n.
     A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor,
     OD. schoore, Icel. skor?a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being
     a piece cut off.]
     A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the
     side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath
     anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
     [Written also {shoar}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shore \Shore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Shoring}.] [OE. schoren. See {Shore} a prop.]
     To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up;
     as, to shore up a building.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shore \Shore\, v. t.
     To set on shore. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shore
       n 1: the land along the edge of a body of water
       2: a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to
          provide support [syn: {shoring}]
       v 1: serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
       2: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: {land},
           {set ashore}]
       3: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
          and buttress an old building" [syn: {prop up}, {prop}, {shore
          up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  149 Moby Thesaurus words for "shore":
     afford support, aquatic, back, back up, balneal, bank, beach, beam,
     bear, bear out, bear up, berm, board, bolster, bolster up, border,
     bordure, brace, brim, brink, broadside, brow, buoy up, buttress,
     carry, cheek, chop, coast, coastal, coastland, coastline, column,
     cradle, crutch, cushion, deep-sea, edge, embankment, estuarine,
     featheredge, finance, flange, flank, foreshore, frame, fringe,
     fund, give support, grallatorial, hand, handedness, haunch, hem,
     hip, hold, hold up, ironbound coast, jowl, keep, keep afloat,
     keep up, labellum, labium, labrum, laterality, ledge, lend support,
     lido, limb, limbus, lip, list, littoral, mainstay, maintain,
     many-sidedness, marge, margin, multilaterality, natant, natatorial,
     natatory, pillow, plage, planking, playa, profile, prop, prop up,
     quarter, ragged edge, reinforce, rim, riparial, riparian,
     riparious, riverbank, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, sands,
     sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast,
     seashore, seaside, selvage, shingle, shore up, shoreline,
     shoreside, shoreward, shoulder, side, sideline, siding, skirt,
     stay, strand, submerged coast, subsidize, subvention,
     subventionize, support, sustain, swimming, temple, tidal,
     tidewater, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin, underpinning,
     underset, unilaterality, upbear, uphold, upkeep, verge,
     water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving,
     waterfront, waterside
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SHORE. Land on the side of the sea, a lake, or a river, is called the shore. 
  Strictly speaking, however, when the water does not ebb and flow, in a 
  river, there is no shore. See 4 Hill, N. Y. Rep. 375; 6 Cowen, 547; and 
  Seashore. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Shore, OH
    Zip code(s): 44123