: on or to the shore

Examples of ashore in a Sentence

We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island. the seashells that wash ashore after a storm
Recent Examples on the Web On Sunday, the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Stranding Response Program, which coordinates responses for all marine mammals and sea turtles that come ashore in Virginia, arrived and pulled the whale up the beach to be monitored overnight, the aquarium confirmed to USA TODAY. USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024 The food at Hideaway Beach was a highlight of my afternoon ashore. Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024 The flimsy tail of a North Pacific storm will move ashore in San Diego County late Monday and drop 0.10 to 0.25 inches of rain at the coast and possibly twice as much in the mountains, the National Weather Service said. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024 In this way, beach nourishment projects help protect dunes and property from further erosion, decrease flooding, and limit how far ashore storm surge will go. Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 The guests, two women from Kentucky, said they were drugged and raped while ashore on the island of Grand Bahama. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024 But it was not discovered by the outside world until the 1720s, when European sailors first came ashore, triggering attacks on the local population that contributed to their demise. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024 The lingering outages came after the strongest storm of the winter season roared ashore over the weekend — felling trees across the state and causing power outages that impacted more than 1 million PG&E customers across the company’s system. Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024 An active subtropical jet often brings storms ashore in California that traverse the southern half of the United States. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1536, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ashore was circa 1536

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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

ashore

adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r How to pronounce ashore (audio)
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore

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