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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

ashore Synonyms

ashore

modif.

on shore, on land, on dry land, on terra firma, beached, aground, on the beach.

Antonyms afloat*, at sea, on board.

ashore Quotes

To George F. Babbitt, as to most prosperous citizens of Zenith, his motor car was poetryand tragedy, love and heroism. The office was his pirate ship but the car his perilous excursion ashore.

—Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair

   The land may vary more; But wherever the truth may beö The water comes ashore, And the people look at the sea.

—Frost, Robert Lee

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