Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ashore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ashore \A*shore"\, adv. [Pref. a- + shore.]
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the
shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); --
sometimes opposed to {aboard} or {afloat}.
Here shall I die ashore. --Shak.
I must fetch his necessaries ashore. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ashore
adv : towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore"
[syn: {on land}, {toward land}, {onto land}]
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