ashore
adverb
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Definition of ashore
: 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
Utah Ogden: Thousands of dead fish have washed ashore at Pineview Reservoir this summer. — USA TODAY, "Emoji house, Saharan dust, turtle crossing: News from around our 50 states," 8 Aug. 2019 Or because a wave of injury misfortune crashes ashore after last year’s mostly clean bill of health. — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, "The realistic expectation for the 2019 Bears is ______ . Our writers fill in the blanks on 4 topics before training camp.," 24 July 2019 In 2004, a lone bowman tried to shoot down a coast guard helicopter, and two years later the Sentinelese killed a pair of Indian crab fishermen who drifted ashore. — Alex Perry, Outside Online, "The Last Days of John Allen Chau," 24 July 2019 The beams came from torpedoed shipping that had floated ashore. — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, "In Search of Lost Sailboats," 10 Sep. 2019 Dorian came ashore beginning Saturday as a Category 5 storm, the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas. — Patrick Oppmann And Jason Hanna, CNN, "Dorian cut off the town of High Rock on Grand Bahama for days and nearly every structure is destroyed," 6 Sep. 2019 Under some of these scenarios, the left part of Dorian's eyewall comes ashore, or very nearly so, on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Hurricane Dorian is going to come very, very close to Florida," 2 Sep. 2019 The hope is that viewers will understand why pinpointing a hurricane’s path can be almost impossible more than three days before it is predicted to run ashore. — New York Times, "For Forecasters, Hurricane Dorian Has Already Been a Handful," 31 Aug. 2019 The latest track from the National Hurricane Center has Dorian’s center continuing to nudge south, aiming to come ashore near Melbourne on Florida’s east coast. — David Schutz, sun-sentinel.com, "Will Hurricane Dorian hit Miami? Here’s what to expect and when," 28 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ashore.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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ashore
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of ashore
: on or to the shore of an ocean, sea, lake, or river
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ashore
adverb
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Kids Definition of ashore
: on or to the shore
We collected seashells that the waves had washed ashore.
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