ashore

«ashore» in Mova's school dictionary: On or onto the land from the sea or a river — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (ashore)

meaning for a pupil

On or onto the land from the sea or a river. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and geography, sailors go ashore, ships run ashore, and things wash ashore after a storm. In safety lessons, swimmers should come ashore if the flag shows danger. Phrases: go ashore, come ashore, wash ashore, run ashore.

examples

• The sailors went ashore to buy food. tree →
• A whale washed ashore on the beach. tree →
• We swam ashore when the wind picked up. tree →
• The pirates rowed ashore at dawn. tree →
• Rubbish washed ashore after the storm. tree →
• The ship ran ashore on the rocks. tree →
• Ib jumped ashore, and ran a little distance from the boat. tree →

note

It is an adverb: «go ashore», not «go to ashore». Opposite: aboard (onto a ship) or at sea. Related: shore.

In the corpora

• Been thrown into a canal—swam ashore!

Trees and pragmatics

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