Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

Adverb

The word "shore" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun and adverb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

beach california ocean picture of sea side seaside town

Derived Terms

Huron Shores Jersey Shore Kingfisher Shores North Shore Norton Shores Shore durometer Shore hardness South Shore Temiskaming Shores alongshore ashore backshore bayshore degree Shore dogshore downshore foreshore highshore inshore lake shore disease lakeshore lee shore longshore midshore nearshore offshore onshore right-shore seashore shore break shore bug shore cod shore crab shore dinner shore dotterel shore duty shore fly shore lark shore leave shore patrol shore pine shore pit viper shore plover shore plum shore power shore snipe shore teetan shore thistle shore up shorebird shored shoreface shorefront shoreland shoreless shoreline shorer shoreside shoreward shorewards shoreweed shoring unshored weather shore why is the ocean near the shore windward shore

Etymologically Related To

assure score shear sure

Inflected/Variant Forms

shear

Has Part

beach

Context

from perspective of one on body of water lake ocean river scotland without up

Has Property

next to sea

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arrive beam border bound come formation geological formation get hold hold up support sustain

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

beach coast headland

Type Of (IsA)

at sea level beam geological formation

Located Near

ocean

Manner Of

bound

Receives Action

found near water

Related Terms

longshoreman shorage

Related Terms

beach coastline edge hiberno english land land sea longshoreman meet offer prop sand sea sea edge sewer shorage strut threaten warn where where meet

Synonym Network

land prop up reinforce

Used For

demarking land from ocean docking boat getting on boat going into water lounging on beach meditation relaxing near ocean surfing swim swimming to

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.