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Meaning of shore

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shore
      n 1: the land along the edge of a body of water
      2: a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to
         provide support [syn: {shore}, {shoring}]
      v 1: serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
      2: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn:
         {land}, {set ashore}, {shore}]
      3: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
         and buttress an old building" [syn: {prop up}, {prop}, {shore
         up}, {shore}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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