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shore1 (shôr, shōr)

[Middle English shore, from Old English scora.]

noun 

  1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
  2. Land; country. Often used in the plural: far from our native shores.
  3. Land as opposed to water: a sailor with an assignment on shore.
shore2 (shôr, shōr)

[Middle English shoren, from shore, prop, probably from Middle Low German schōre, barrier, or Middle Dutch scōre, prop.]

transitive verb: shored, shor·ing, shores. 

To support by or as if by a prop: shored up the sagging floors; shored up the peace initiative.

noun 

A beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support.
shore3 (shôr, shōr)

verb 

Archaic
A past tense of shear