ashore

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ shore; see also onshore.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈʃɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈʃɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /əˈʃo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /əˈʃoə/
• Homophone: assure (pour–poor merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

ashore (not comparable)

1. (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— […]

2. (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

• 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.

Synonyms

• aland

Derived terms

• hangashore

Translations

on the land

Bulgarian: на сушата (na sušata) Danish: i land Finnish: maissa (fi) Irish: istír Italian: a riva Japanese: 陸上 (ja) (りくじょう, rikujō) Korean: 해안으로 (haeaneuro), 물가로 (mulgaro) Maori: kei uta Marathi: किनाऱ्यावर (kināryāvar) Norwegian: Bokmål: i land Nynorsk: i land Portuguese: em terra Romanian: pe mal, la țărm Spanish: en tierra

towards the shore

Bulgarian: към брега (kǎm brega) Finnish: rantaan (fi) Greek: παραλιακά (el) (paraliaká) Irish: i dtír Italian: verso riva Japanese: 上陸 (ja) (じょうりく, jōriku) Maori: ki uta Marathi: किनाऱ्याकडे (kināryākḍe)

Anagrams

• Hoares, ahorse, hearos, hoarse, shoare

Middle English

Etymology

From a- (“on”) +‎ shore (“a prop; support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʃɔːrə/

Adverb

ashōre

1. aslant, on a slant

Derived terms

• setten ashore

References

• “ashōre, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.