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English

Homophones
sure (in some dialects)

Noun
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en-noun

1. the land on or near a waterline such as a sea shore or lake shore
2. the land

#: The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.

1. a prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it

#: The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Translations
trans-top|the land on or near a waterline
Czech: b�eh m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Albanian: breg m
Arabic: ARchar|شاط�ء IPAchar|(šá:�i�)
Catalan: riba f
Chinese: 岸 (àn)
Croatian: obala f
Danish: bred c
Dutch: kust
Esperanto: bordo
Finnish: ranta
French: bord m, rive f
German: Ufer n
mid
Hungarian: part#Hungarian|part
Italian: riva f
Japanese: 岸 (kishi)
Korean: ��� (badatga)
Latin: ripa f, ora f
Portuguese: praia f, costa f, margem f
Romanian: mal m|f, ţ�rm m|f
Russian: бе�ег (béreg) m
Scottish Gaelic: cladach m
Slovene: obala f (sea, lake), breg m (river)
Spanish: costa f, orilla f
Swedish: strand
Urdu: URchar|ساح�, URchar|ک�ار�

Verb
en-verb|shor|ing

1. To provide support in some way

#: My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
#: The workers were shoring up the dock after it fell into the water.

Verb
shore

1. obsolete simple past of|shear

Related terms
shoreline
ashore
foreshore

Synonyms
beach
coast
strengthen
support

Anagrams
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