Ashore

//əˈʃɔː// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    On the land as opposed to onboard. not-comparable

    "I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die ashore—[…]"

  2. 2
    On, or towards the shore. not-comparable

    "The canoe sailed ashore."

Adverb
  1. 1
    towards the shore from the water wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aland

Example

More examples

"The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape."

Etymology

From a- + shore; see also onshore.

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