shore

Examples

• All

• We just realized we have to get back to shore.

  Dangerous Curves (1988)

• We had to be towed to shore.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• And my wife was looking from the shore and she said, are you all right?

  Harvard University

• Would you get a house on the shore?

  Play Dirty (2025)

• You think you could take us back to shore?

  Shark Bait (2022)

• In spite of his pain, Sam dragged his sister to shore and shouted for help.

  Academic text (2011)

• He stood on the shore of uncertainty and dove right in.

  Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

• Hillsborough County, on the eastern shore of the bay, has a population of approximately 870,000.

  Academic text (1990)

• Circular, palm-thatched huts stood on low stilts along the shore in no particular order.

  Fiction book (1990)

• We walked along the shore, enjoying the sound of the waves crashing against the sand.

Synonyms

C

coast

vsshore

506 1.0

The land beside the sea or ocean

is specifically the land right at the water's edge rather than nearby areas

C

coastline

vsshore

60 1.4

The line where the land meets the sea

is about the actual land along the water rather than its mapped outline

S

shoreline

vsshore

48 2.7

The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river

is about land along the water's edge rather than just the exact line

S

seashore

vsshore

14 1.0

Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks

is broader, covering edges of lakes and other large water bodies too

S

strand

vsshore

• Archaic

5 8.4

The land next to the sea

is the neutral everyday term rather than poetic or literary

S

seacoast

vsshore

3 1.0

Land beside the sea or ocean

is wider, also applying to edges of lakes and inland water bodies

W

waterside

vsshore

2 3.2

Land along the edge of a river or lake

is broader, also including edges of seas and other large water bodies

S

sea-coast

vsshore

1 1.1

Land next to the sea or ocean

is broader, also used for edges of lakes and other large water bodies

Compounds

S

shore leave

• Jargon

14 5.6

Official permission for sailors to go ashore while their ship is in port

S

shore bird

1 4.0

A bird that walks in shallow water to feed on beaches and river mouths

S

shore duty

• Jargon

1 5.5

Work at a navy base on land instead of on a ship

S

shore station

• Jargon

6.7

A place on land that gives support and repairs to navy ships

S

shore boulder

7.0

A large rock on a shore moved from far away by waves or ice

S

shore patrol

• Jargon

5.4

People from the navy who keep order in ports and towns when sailors are on leave

S

shore pine

• Specialized

8.4

A small pine tree that grows near the sea with twisted branches and can live in salty air

How Close

beachfront

20 3.3

beachside

5 2.3

shore

441 1.0

coast

506 1.0

inland

31 3.8

Surface Forms

Etymology