Meaning Of Shore

of Shear

imp. of Shear.

n.

A sewer.

n.

A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.

v. t.

To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.

v. t.

The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

v. t.

To set on shore.