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to set ashore

to set ashore

4.1
To bring people or things from a boat onto land
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : desembarcar

Examples

  • We'll set you ashore in Saigon.

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

  • Shipwrecked on their way to the Southern Continent, they had been rescued by shipfish and set ashore.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The troopship made a landfall in New Guinea, and our draft of seamen was set ashore.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I can see no reason why you and your apprentice shouldn't consider yourselves guests of the U.S. government until we can set you ashore at Saigon.

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

  • Dr. Dover could not have lit the fire because the pinnace reappears out of the darkness at midnight, and her crew reports that they failed to set foot ashore.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The crew used the small boat to set ashore the supplies needed for the expedition.

  • After a long voyage, the sailors finally set ashore on a deserted island.

  • The captain carefully instructed the passengers to set ashore one by one.

Synonyms

to land
vsto set ashore
∞ 1.0

To come down and rest on a surface

refers specifically to bringing from a vessel onto dry ground
to beach
vsto set ashore
17 5.4

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

brings someone from a boat onto dry ground

Antonyms

to depart
176 1.3

To leave a place to start a journey

to embark
18 4.4

To get on a ship, plane, or other vehicle to begin a journey

Surface Forms

set ashore infinitive
set ashore past
set ashore past participle
setting ashore present participle
sets ashore third person singular

Morphology

set + ashore

The meaning 'to bring onto the shore' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'set' (to put/place) plus 'ashore' (onto land from water); the verb + directional adverb pattern clearly signals placing something on land. This is a common, cross‑linguistic locative construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Set ashore comes from old sailors who used set to mean 'to put' and ashore to mean 'on land by the water.' Sailors would put people or goods from a ship onto the shore, so the phrase now means 'to bring someone or something onto the shore'.