shoare

Noun (1)

shore (plural shores)

1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
   • lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore
2. Land, usually near a port.
   • The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships.

Noun (2)

shore (plural shores)

1. A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
   • The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Noun (3)

shore (plural shores)

1. (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
   • Emptie olde receptacles, or common-shores of filthe.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

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