SHORE
What does "SHORE" mean?
The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
Meanings
- The strip of land bordering a sea, lake, or wide river. They walked the shore until the lighthouse came into view.
- Land as opposed to water or the sea. The sailors were glad to be back on shore after the long voyage.
- To support or hold up something, typically with a prop (usually 'shore up'). They shored up the sagging roof with timber beams.
- To strengthen or reinforce something at risk of failing. The loan was meant to shore up the failing bank. figurative
Did you know?
- The 'shore' of a beach and 'shoring up' a wall are unrelated twins: the coastline word and the propping word arrived in English from different sources and only later collided into the same spelling.
Word origin
The 'land by water' sense is from Middle English 'schore', probably from Old English or Middle Low German 'schore'; the verb 'shore up' (to prop) is a separate word from Middle Dutch 'schore', a prop or support.
Remember it
SHORE is where you're SURE of solid ground - both end in the same -ORE sound; the shore is the certain edge.
A little poem
The tide signs its name
in wet sand, then takes it back-
the shore keeps no oaths.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the beach if it ever doubted itself. It said no - it was always shore.
What it teaches
A shore is defined by what keeps leaving it; some things stay solid only because something else won't stop moving.
Quick facts
What does SHORE mean?
The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
Is SHORE a valid word?
Yes — SHORE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHORE?
SHORE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHORE come from?
The 'land by water' sense is from Middle English 'schore', probably from Old English or Middle Low German 'schore'; the verb 'shore up' (to prop) is a separate word from Middle Dutch 'schore', a prop or support.
What can SHORE teach us?
A shore is defined by what keeps leaving it; some things stay solid only because something else won't stop moving.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.