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ashore

UK/əˈʃɔː//əˈʃɔɹ/

ashore adverb: on the land as opposed to onboard.

Adverb

ashore (not comparable)

  1. On the land as opposed to onboard.
    • I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die ashore—[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. On, or towards the shore.
    • The canoe sailed ashore.
    • Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    aland

ashore meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam

ashore in Tamil

கடலோரம், கரைமீது, கரையில், கரைக்கு, கரைநோக்கி

ashore in Marathi

on the land
किनाऱ्यावर kināryāvar
towards the shore
किनाऱ्याकडे kināryākḍe

ashore in Malayalam

തീരത്ത്, കരയ്ക്ക്

Examples of ashore in a sentence

  • Christopher Columbus used to glance at caraccas waiting ashore when he was a young boy.
  • The remaining flotsam was washed ashore.
  • They managed to haul out their motorboat by paying a local to drag it ashore with a line hitched to a truck.

All 40 example sentences with ashore

Synonyms of ashore

Origin of ashore

From a- + shore; see also onshore.

Words formed from ashore

Words that rhyme with ashore

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ashore

What does ashore mean?
Ashore means on the land as opposed to onboard.
What is ashore in Tamil?
Ashore in Tamil is கடலோரம், கரைமீது, கரையில். See Ashore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ashore?
Ashore is an adverb.
How do you pronounce ashore?
Ashore is pronounced /əˈʃɔː/ (UK).

Words near ashore in the dictionary

  1. Ashokan Prakrit
  2. ashokas
  3. Ashoknagar
  4. Ashop
  5. Ashopton
  6. ashore
  7. Ashot
  8. ashough
  9. ashoughs
  10. Ashover
  11. ashoverite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ashore (page history and authors); ashore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ashore (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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