Definitions

ashore

[uh-shawr, uh-shohr] / əˈʃɔr, əˈʃoʊr /

ADVERB

toward, onto land from water

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aground

WEAK

beached on dry land on land on shore shorewards

Antonyms

WEAK

asea

Example Sentences

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The coffins were collected by the three teams in canoes and towed ashore, with each being worth £1,000 for the prize fund.

From BBC

The last arrivals of 2025 were on 22 December, when 17 people were brought ashore at Dover.

From BBC

One video showed a large great white being hauled ashore from a fishing boat in Algeria.

From BBC

Mystery surrounds the appearance of hundreds of Victorian hobnailed shoes which have washed ashore on a beach.

From BBC

Police are continuing to search for the sole occupant of a creel boat after it washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.

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