ashore
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Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈʃɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈʃɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA(key): /əˈʃo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈʃoə/
- Homophone: assure (accents with the pour–poor merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
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Adverb edit
ashore (not comparable)
- (nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die ashore— […]
- (nautical) On, or towards the shore.
- The canoe sailed ashore.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
Usage notes edit
- When a ship collides with the shore it is said to have run ashore; when a ship collides with a submerged object, such as a reef or sandbar, it is said to have run aground.
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on the land
towards the shore
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Etymology edit
From a- (“on”) + shore (“a prop; support”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ashōre
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References edit
- “ashōre, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.