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    shore
    [SHôr]
    noun
    shore (noun) · shores (plural noun)
    1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water:
      "I took the tiller and made for the shore" · "he and his friends stood on the shores of the bay"
      • law
        the land between ordinary high- and low-water marks.
      • (shores)
        a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast:
        "the shores of the New World"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōre; perhaps related to the verb shear.
    shore
    [SHôr]
    noun
    shore (noun) · shores (plural noun)
    1. a prop or beam set obliquely against something weak or unstable as a support.
    verb
    (shore something up)
    shore (verb) · shores (third person present) · shored (past tense) · shored (past participle) · shoring (present participle)
    1. support or hold up something with props or beams:
      "rescue workers had to shore up the building, which was in danger of collapse"
      • support or assist something that would otherwise fail or decline:
        "Congress approved a $700 billion plan to shore up the financial industry"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schore ‘prop’, of unknown origin.
    shore
    [SHôr]
    verb
    shore (past tense)
    1. archaic past of shear
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