ashore

American  

[uh-shawr, uh-shohr] / əˈʃɔr, əˈʃoʊr /

adverb

1. to the shore; onto the shore.

   The schooner was driven ashore.

2. on the shore; on land rather than at sea or on the water.

   The captain has been ashore for two hours.

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ashore British  

/ əˈʃɔː /

adverb

1. towards or onto land from the water

   we swam ashore

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adjective

1. on land, having come from the water

   a day ashore before sailing

Etymology

Origin of ashore

First recorded in 1580–90; a- ¹ + shore ¹

Example Sentences

Electronic-warfare teams, which jam enemy communications, have come ashore—and are growing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team found a news article about other human remains washing ashore in 1999 a few miles south of Bodega Bay, about four miles from Salmon Creek State Beach, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times

She’d lived in her house in the grove since right after the ark came ashore.

From Literature

Wind foamed the sea, rocked the boat, and whipped at their clothes as they strained to get ashore.

From Literature

He added that parts of a damaged life raft, an barrel of lubricants and footwear had washed ashore, and officials were trying to establish if they were from the sunk Dena.

From Barron's

Related Words

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