shore: Meaning and Definition of

shore

1. of, pertaining to, or located on land, esp. land along the edge of a body of water: a marine on shore duty.

shore

1. a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, esp. one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.

1. to support by or as if by a shore or shores; prop (usually fol. by up): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.

shore

1. to threaten (someone).
2. to offer or proffer (something).

Shore

1. 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.