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ashore definition

ashore (ə s̸hôr′)

adverb

  1. to the shore rowing the boat ashore
  2. on land an old sailor in sad retirement ashore

Etymology: a- + shore

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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