shore

«shore» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the land at the edge of a sea or lake — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (shore, shores); verb (shore up, shores, shored, shoring)

meaning for a pupil

1) The shore is the land at the edge of a sea or lake. tree →

2) To shore up something is to hold it up with supports so it does not fall. tree →

sense in the lessons

a setting; distance from the shore; shells found on the shore; in science: waves wear away the shore, tides come in and go out, crabs and seabirds live there; in safety: swim near the shore and between the flags, watch the tide; phrases: «on shore», «ashore», «offshore», «the seashore»

examples

• Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. (Torah EXO.14.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon. (Torah GEN.49.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays. (Prophets JDG.5.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom. (Writings 2CH.8.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. (Prophets 1KI.5.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• She found 14 shells on the shore. tree →
• The boat is 300 m from the shore. tree →
• They walked 2 km along the shore. tree →
• How many shells in all? tree →
• Waves crashed onto the rocky shore. tree →
• Stay close to the shore when you swim. tree →
• Crabs scuttled along the shore at low tide. tree →
• The sailors swam ashore. tree →
• Workers shored up the old wall with wooden beams. tree →
• The canoe floated to the shore. tree →

note

A story word; the numbers are shells or distances. Homophone: «sure» sounds similar in some accents. «Ashore» means onto or on the shore. «Seashore» = sea + shore.

In the corpora

• Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays.
• Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.
• The Rat is laughing as he pushes him to shore with the oars under his arms.
• It's the jolly times on shore that appeal to me».
• A rip current is a strong current that flows away from the shore.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shore» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.