shore

Meanings

Noun

• Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
• Land, usually near a port.
• A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
• A sewer.

Verb

• To set on shore.
• Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
• Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
• Past of shear
• To threaten or warn (someone).
• To offer (someone).

Related

Narrower meaning words

• beach, headland, coast

Origin

• From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô. Possibly related to Old English sċieran ("to cut"), which survives today as English shear.
• , and Limburgish sjaor ("riverbank"). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.
• From Late Middle English shore, from Middle Dutch schore, schare (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (compare Old Norse skorða (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.
• ; compare Middle Dutch schooren and Middle Low German schore.
• See shear.
• Perhaps a variant of score or sure, equivalent to assure.