ashore en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /əˈʃɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈʃɔɹ/ (General-American)
- /əˈʃoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- (US) audio
- /əˈʃo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
From a- + shore; see also onshore.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) On the land as opposed to onboard.
I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die 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]:
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(not-comparable) On, or towards the shore.
Driven ashore by a violent storm that we barely survived, Mike and I camp (below) at Aston Bay on Somerset Island.
1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592:The canoe sailed ashore.
Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
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]:
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Translations (24)
mi kei uta (on the land) · ja 陸上 (on the land) · mr किनाऱ्यावर (on the land) · ja 上陸 (towards the shore) · ga istír (on the land) · fi rantaan (towards the shore) · it verso riva (towards the shore) · ko 물가로 (on the land) · ko 해안으로 (on the land) · pt em terra (on the land) · nb i land (on the land) · ga i dtír (towards the shore) · ro la țărm (on the land) · el παραλιακά (towards the shore) · ro pe mal (on the land) · mi ki uta (towards the shore) · it a riva (on the land) · fi maissa (on the land) · mr किनाऱ्याकडे (towards the shore) · da i land (on the land) · bg на сушата (on the land) · nn i land (on the land) · bg към брега (towards the shore) · es en tierra (on the land)