shore
1. the land along the edge of a body of water (Freq. 18) • Topics: lake, ocean, river • Hypernyms: geological formation, formation • Hyponyms: lakeside, lakeshore, seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast, strand • Part Meronyms: beach, shoreline 2. a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support • Syn: shoring • Hypernyms: beam
1. serve as a shore to - The river was shored by trees • Hypernyms: bound, border • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something 2. support by placing against something solid or rigid - shore and buttress an old building • Syn: prop up, prop, shore up • Derivationally related forms: shoring, shoring up (for: shore up), prop (for: prop) • Hypernyms: hold, support, sustain, hold up • Hyponyms: bolster • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP 3. arrive on shore - The ship landed in Pearl Harbor • Syn: land, set ashore • Derivationally related forms: land (for: land), landing (for: land) • Hypernyms: arrive, get, come • Verb Frames: - Something ----s
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