shore
Not followed by up: to provide with supportNot followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
» Tom walked along the shore alone.
Tom ging allein an der Küste entlang.
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
(transitive)Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
(intransitive, obsolete)To arrive at the shore
arrive on shore
(obsolete, transitive)To put ashore.
(Scotland, archaic, transitive)To threaten or warn unpleasant consequences (for someone); (sometimes) to threaten or warn off or scare away.
(Scotland, archaic, transitive)To threaten (to rain).
(Scotland, archaic, transitive)To offer or present (someone something).
Examples
254 sentencesTom walked along the shore alone.
deTom ging allein an der Küste entlang. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I managed to get to shore.
Did you enjoy your shore leave?
Tom has asked for shore leave.
How far from shore are we?
ruКак далеко мы от берега? — webkaratekid
deWie weit sind wir vom Ufer entfernt? — mhr
Origin
From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), froFrom Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear.
From Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) (see etymology 2) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); compare Middle Dutch schooren (“to prop up, support”) and Middle Low German schore (“to shovel; to sweep”).
Uncertain. The word is attested in Northern English and Scots; the DSL states that schore "to threaten" is attested before 1400 (a corresponding noun schoyr is attested since 1375: "vith gret schoyr and mannasyng" in Barbour's Bruce), and suggests it might ultimately be related to Old Scots schoir "steep (of a crag)", related to shear. Alternatively, it has been suggested that it might be a variant of score or sure and related to assure.
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Forms
shores, shoring, shored, shoredSynonyms
10 synonyms- arrive on shore:landset ashore
- support by placing against something solid or rigid:prop uppropshore up
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- along the shore
- from the shore
- shore leave
- to the shore