to shore

Examples

• All

• Race you to shore.

  The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

• Get to shore when you catch up with the boat.

  Last Resort (1996)

• I'm going to shore and find out what has happened.

  Green Fire (1954)

• I struggled to shore and fell upon the sand.

  Life of Pi (2012)

• Let us pause to watch him struggle to shore.

  Fiction book (1990)

• And I got to shore and it got dark, and I didn't know where I was, and I found this boat.

  Blood Hook (1987)

• If they were close enough to shore, they probably figured they could get away in the lifeboats.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Get to shore.

  The Little Mermaid (2023)

• The boat slowly shored after hours at sea, allowing the passengers to disembark safely.

• After a long journey, we finally shored near the sandy beach and stepped onto dry land.

Synonyms

L

to land

vsto shore

∞ 1.0

To come down and rest on a surface

is specific to arriving at the water's edge rather than any surface

B

to beach

vsto shore

17 5.4

To end up on land at the shore, often a ship or whale

is used for arriving deliberately at the water's edge rather than getting stuck

S

to set ashore

vsto shore

4.1

To bring people or things from a boat onto land

is about arriving on dry ground itself rather than being carried

Antonyms

D

to depart

176 1.3

To leave a place to start a journey

Phrasal Verbs

S

to shore up

30 5.4

Support a weak thing so it does not fall or fail

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

Surface Forms

Etymology