Skip to content

shore

/ʃɔɹ/noun, verb1 syllable

Shore means: support by placing against something solid or rigid.

Synonyms for shore12

noun, as in a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

shoring

verb, as in support by placing against something solid or rigid

prop up, prop, shore up

verb, as in arrive on shore

land, set ashore

also used for shore

buttress, reinforce, strengthen, support, bolster, sheared

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does shore mean?5

verb

1

support by placing against something solid or rigid“shore and buttress an old building”

2

arrive on shore“The ship landed in Pearl Harbor”

3

serve as a shore to“The river was shored by trees”

noun

1

a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

2

the land along the edge of a body of water

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shore?49

three syllables

anymore
Show 40 near rhymes
allbecauseofflongcalledthoughtsupportcallsmalllawcoursetalkcourtlostwrongalongyorknorthsawshortreportformsongacrossboardforcestrongrecordgonebroughtsourcefalldoglordbornwalklosstowardsballgeorge

All 49 rhymes for shore, grouped by syllable

Shore in a sentence

  • Twelve sailors stand on the deck, looking longingly towards the shore.mailohilohi
  • All vote to sail, and quit the shore accurst.carlosalberto
  • After that he stood again on the shore, as if nothing had happened.Mithridates
  • Several people drowned, but many made it to shore.CK
  • We heard that a storm was headed our way, so we headed for shore.CK
  • We heard a storm was headed our way, so we headed for shore.CK
  • Luckily, the whole crew made it safely to shore.CK
  • Jonas fell overboard, but managed to swim to shore.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of shore

as a noun

plural
shores

as a verb

past tense
shored
present participle
shoring
third-person singular
shores
past participle
shored