shore
/ʃɔɹ/ verb C2- Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
- Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure). · My family shored me up after I failed the GED.· The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
He/she/it shores · Past shored · Past participle shored · -ing form shoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- shore
- He/she/it
- shores
- Past
- shored
- Past participle
- shored
- -ing form
- shoring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I think I can swim to the shore and pull the raft after me, if you will only hold fast to the tip of my tail.”
Then the Lion began to swim with all his might toward the shore.
They were all tired out when they reached the shore at last and stepped off upon the pretty green grass, and they also knew that the stream had carried them a long way past the road of yellow brick that led to the Emerald City.
He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.
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