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Shore Meaning, Usage, and Common Collocations (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：water's edge (shore)

shore 🔊

/ʃɔːr/

n., v.

the land at the edge of a sea, lake, or river.

water's edge 🔊

➕

/ˈwɔːtərz ɛdʒ/

n., v.

The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or river.

📁 Category：Natural Geography 🔖 Level：Elementary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'scora' (cutting edge) for coast; verb from Middle Dutch 'schore' (prop).

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'shore' as the 'score' line between sea and land. To 'shore up' is to 'show up' with a prop.

📖 Example

The family spent the afternoon collecting pretty shells along the sandy shore. 🔊 The family spent the afternoon collecting pretty shells along the sandy shore.

🔗 Collocations

on the shore – on the land at the edge of water

shore leave – time off from a ship allowed to go on land

shoreline – the edge of a sea, lake, or river

🔄 Synonyms

coast (n.) – the land near the sea; the edge of the land

beach (n.) – a pebbly or sandy shore along a body of water

bank (n.) – the land alongside a river or lake

🚫 Antonyms

sea (n.) – the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface

water (n.) – the liquid that forms the ocean, lakes, rivers

🌱 Derivatives

shoreline (n.) – the line where the shore meets the water

shoreless (adj.) – having no shore; boundless

shoreward (adv.) – toward the shore

📖 Cultural Story

Noun 'shore' from OE 'scora' (cutting line between land and water). Verb 'shore up' from MDu 'schore' (prop), used in construction and finance to mean reinforce.

Meaning 2：prop up (shore)

shore 🔊

/ʃɔːr/

n., v.

to support or strengthen something to prevent it from falling or failing.

Shore up a cracked wall with wooden beam support

prop up 🔊

➕

/prɒp ʌp/

n., v.

To support or strengthen something, often with a prop or brace, to prevent collapse.

📁 Category：Buildings & Places 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The old building was in danger of collapse, so workers used wooden beams to shore up its walls. 🔊 The old building was in danger of collapse, so workers used wooden beams to shore up its walls.

🔗 Collocations

shore up the economy – to strengthen and support the economy

shore up support – to increase or reinforce support for something

shore up the wall – to prop up a wall to prevent it from falling

🔄 Synonyms

prop (v.) – to support something by placing a heavy object under it

brace (v.) – to make something stronger by supporting it with something else

bolster (v.) – to support or strengthen something; to give a boost to

🚫 Antonyms

undermine (v.) – to weaken or damage something secretly or gradually

weaken (v.) – to make something less strong or less firm

🌱 Derivatives

shoring (n.) – temporary support structures for a building or excavation

shored (adj.) – supported or strengthened by props