shore leave
Free time given to sailors of the military navy when they are off duty and allowed to…Free time given to sailors of the military navy when they are off duty and allowed to disembark and spend time on land.
» Did you enjoy your shore leave?
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)Free time given to sailors of the military navy when they are off duty and allowed to disembark and spend time on land.
- leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
Examples
9 sentencesDid you enjoy your shore leave?
Tom has asked for shore leave.
Did you go on shore leave?
I was on shore leave at the time.
The captain was so angry he refused to give the crew shore leave.
ruКапитан был так зол, что запретил команде покидать борт. — timsa
Forms
plural: shore leaves| Singular | shore leave |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- leave granted to a sailor or naval officer:liberty
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.