shore
English
/ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/
noun
Definitions
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schore (shore) inherited from Old English *sċora inherited from Proto-Germanic *skurô (cliff, high rocky shore, rugged rock).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skurô
Gloss
cliff, high rocky shore, rugged rock
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
崖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- along English
- alongshore English
- alongshoreman English
- ashore English
- back English
- backshore English
- beshear English
- bird English
- bound English
- dog English
- dogshore English
- face English
- fish English
- fore English
- foreshore English
- going English
- hydroshear English
- lake English
- lakeshore English
- land English
- lark English
- line English
- magnetoshear English
- megashear English
- near English
- nearshore English
- no English
- noshore English
- noshoring English
- offshorable English
- offshore English
- offshorer English
- offshorization English
- on English
- onshore English
- outshore English
- palaeoshoreline English
- paleoshoreline English
- pound English
- preshear English
- sea English
- seashore English
- shear English
- shear wall English
- shearability English
- shearable English
- shearbill English
- shearer English
- shearest English
- sheareth English
- shearfree English
- shearing English
- shearless English
- shearlet English
- shearlike English
- shearline English
- shearling English
- shearman English
- shearotactic English
- shearotaxis English
- sheartail English
- shearwall English
- shearwater English
- shorage English
- shorebird English
- shorebound English
- shored English
- shoreface English
- shorefish English
- shorefront English
- shoregoing English
- shoreland English
- shorelark English
- shoreless English
- shorelessness English
- shorelike English
- shoreline English
- shorepound English
- shorer English
- shoreside English
- shoreward English
- shorewards English
- shoreweed English
- shory English
- toshear English
- unshored English
- upshore English
- weed English
- offshore French
- офшор Russian
- skjær Norwegian Bokmål
- skjærgård Norwegian Bokmål
- *skurô Proto-Germanic
- *sċora Old English
- bescieran Old English
- sċieran Old English
- scheren Middle English
- schore Middle English
- sheren Middle English
- sker Old Norse
- skærr Old Norse
- escore Old French
- skör Icelandic
- escora Galician
- escorar Galician
- *skeran gmw-pro
- on
- no
- dog
- sea
- lark
- weed
- fore
- near
- bird
- face
- lake
- back
- fish
- land
- line
- along
- bound
- pound
- shory
- shear
- going
- shorer
- shored
- ashore
- toshear
- noshore
- beshear
- onshore
- shearer
- shorage
- upshore
- dogshore
- shearlet
- preshear
- unshored
- sheareth
- seashore
- shearest
- outshore
- shearing
- offshore
- shearman
- shearline
- shearbill
- shoreless
- sheartail
- foreshore
- shearlike
- shearable
- shoreside
- shoreline
- shorelike
- shorefish
- megashear
- shearfree
- shoreface
- shearling
- shearless
- lakeshore
- nearshore
- shorelark
- noshoring
- shearwall
- backshore
- shorebird
- shoreweed
- shoreward
- shoreland
- offshorer
- shorebound
- shorepound
- shorefront
- shoregoing
- hydroshear
- alongshore
- shearwater
- shorewards
- shear wall
- shearotaxis
- offshorable
- shearotactic
- shearability
- magnetoshear
- alongshoreman
- shorelessness
- paleoshoreline
- offshorization
- palaeoshoreline