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shore

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the land along the edge of a body of water(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
shoring

source: wordnet30
A sewer.(noun)

source: webster1913
A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.(noun)

source: webster1913
The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.(noun)

source: webster1913

serve as a shore to(verb.stative)

Example:
The river was shored by trees.

source: wordnet30
arrive on shore(verb.motion)

Synonym:
land, set ashore

source: wordnet30
support by placing against something solid or rigid(verb.contact)

Example:
Shore and buttress an old building.

Synonym:
prop, prop up, shore up

source: wordnet30
To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.(verb)

source: webster1913
To set on shore.(verb)

source: webster1913

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