Definition of shore

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Shore (v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river..

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Moses :: Moses (n.) A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship..
Shore :: Shore (v. t.) To set on shore.
Sea Holly :: Sea holly () An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.
Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
Seaboard :: Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..
Shoring :: Shoring (n.) The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
Track :: Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow..
Lighter :: Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship..
Point :: Point (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line..
Palmy :: Palmy (a.) Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore..
Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from..
Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship..
Shore :: Shore () imp. of Shear.
Phillyrea :: Phillyrea (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive..
Longshoreman :: Longshoreman (n.) One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels..
Lurg :: Lurg (n.) A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches..
Longshoremen :: Longshoremen (pl. ) of Longshorema.
Littoral :: Littoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea..
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