noun
- The land along the edge of a body of water.
- A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support.
- synonyms: shoring
verb
- Serve as a shore to.
- usage: "The river was shored by trees"
- Arrive on shore.
- usage: "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
- synonyms: land, set ashore
- Support by placing against something solid or rigid.
- usage: "shore and buttress an old building"
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