ashore
pronunciation
How to pronounce ashore in British English:
UK [əˈʃɔː(r)]
How to pronounce ashore in American English:
US [əˈʃɔːr]
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- Adverb:
- towards the shore from the water
Word Origin
- ashore (adv.)
- 1580s, "toward the shore," from a- (1) + shore (n.). Meaning "on the shore" is from 1630s. Middle English had ashore (late 15c.), but it meant "on a slant," literally "propped up," from shore (v.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. A wooden barge casted ashore in january 9 ( dvortsovaya embankment ) .
- 2. When kidd came ashore to new york city , he learned he had been declared a pirate .
- 3. Occasionally , the poisons waft ashore to fill clinics with coughing patients .
- 4. Bears will be bears ; but as sea ice forms later and melts earlier , hungry polar bears will be forced to spend more time ashore and may be more likely to encounter humans , with potentially disastrous consequences .
- 5. Some bodies never wash ashore .