Definition of ashore
: on or to the shore
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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 of ashore from the Web
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Images on Twitter show the thousands of creatures turned the surf blue and tumbled ashore in waves, as tourists looked on in horror.
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Grunion runs are a spring and summer spawning event when these tiny, 5- to 6-inch smelt wash ashore on extreme high tides to lay eggs in the sand and then return to the ocean.
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The Louisiana Senate voted 22-14 to allow the state's 15 riverboat casinos to move ashore and accommodate larger electronic gambling machines after a month of delaying the vote on the proposal.
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As the troops tried to wade ashore, they were met with a barrage of German machine-gun and artillery fire from the bluffs overlooking the beach.
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Adam Ratner, manager at the Marin Mammal Center in Sausalito, pointed at several plastic nets that were taken from inside a 51-foot long whale that washed ashore Tomales Bay in Point Reyes National Seashore.
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When a sea breeze carries the scent of this huddled mass ashore, the Red Cross workers on the quay recoil.
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There hasn’t been this much hoopla over a return since Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore at the Philippines.
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Swim ashore to explore before the tour groups descend.
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First Known Use of ashore
circa 1536
ASHORE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of ashore for English Language Learners
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: on or to the shore of an ocean, sea, lake, or river
ASHORE Defined for Kids
adverb
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ə-ˈshȯr
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Definition of ashore for Students
: on or to the shore
- We collected seashells that the waves had washed ashore.
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