Ashore

Definition: Ashore

Ashore

Adverb

1. Towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ashore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Ashore \A*shore"\, adverb. [Prefix a- shore.]. (references)

Synonyms: Ashore

Arrival

Light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down; (be located); get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in; (ingress); make one's appearance; (appear); drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.

Land

Verb: land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark.

Adverb: ashore; on shore, on land.

Crosswords: Ashore

You may or may not know Bill that everyday I go down to the waterfront with hot soup for the Irish as they come ashore. Its part of building a political base (Gangs of New York; writing credit: Jay Cocks)

No, thank you. The last time I went ashore it was a prelude to murder (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; writing credit: Jules Verne; Earl Felton)

Suppose I wanted to put a dead body in the sea, and let it float ashore, and have it accepted by the people who find it as the victim of an air crash at sea. What sort of body would I need (The Man Who Never Was; writing credit: Nigel Balchin; Ewen Montagu)

All Ashore (1953)

Seven Days Ashore (1944)

At Sea Ashore (1936)

First Steps Ashore (1932)

Jack Tars Ashore (1899)

Michael (Row The Boat Ashore) (performing artist: The Highwaymen)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• All Ashore That's Going Nearshore: Canada's Advantage in IT Servicing the United States [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Amphibious Operations: The Projection of Sea Power Ashore (Sea Power: Naval Vessels Weapon Systems and Technology, Vol 4) (reference)

• At the Water's Edge: Fish With Fingers, Whales With Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea (reference)

• One Foot Ashore (reference)

• Sea Language Comes Ashore (International Folklore Ser.) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Graveyard of the Atlantic, Part I - Ship Ashore (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• ...Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Wading ashore off the ELSIE III. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Plane table setup in shoal water - legs driven about 6" into sand Note rodman slogging ashore in line with alidade Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Sea squirts washing ashore. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Work parties returning to the PATHFINDER from a day ashore. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Loading supplies ashore from NOAA Ship SURVEYOR at Seal Island Penguin Observation Post. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Always time for a little softball at a ship's picnic ashore. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Navy reservists shuttling survey crew's annual supplies ashore with "Water Buffalo" from an LST of the Barrow Expedition (BAREX). Shallow water necessitated anchoring offshore. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Going ashore in a Zodiac launch. Credit: Fisheries.

GOES view of North America. The center of now Tropical Storm Diana is heading ashore just north of the South Carolina/North Carolina border. The beginnings of Hurricane Norbert are seen southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Short-lived Tropical Storm Edouard is shown at its birth west of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Wading ashore after disembarking from small boat at reef edge. Credit: Small World.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Vietnam

By 2003, the pipeline is scheduled to begin bringing ashore 2.1 billion cubic meters of gas to fuel power plants and fertilizer complexes. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Eco-tourism has made some inroads into Equatorial Guinea with the establishment of Mt. Alen National Park and organized excursions to the beaches of Ureca when the sea turtles come ashore in February. (references)

Human Rights

Greece

There were reports that in June Port Authority personnel abused 164 migrants who came ashore in Hania, Crete. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ashore": be driven ashore ♦ come ashore ♦ drive ashore ♦ first line ashore equipment * ♦ get ashore ♦ go ashore ♦ going ashore ♦ put ashore ♦ putting ashore ♦ run ashore ♦ set ashore ♦ wash ashore. Additional references.

Afrikaans

aandrywe (actuate, be, be washed ashore, chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo), aandryf (actuate, be, be washed ashore, chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo). (various references)

Albanian

zbarkoj (debark, disembark, land, put ashore). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على الشاطىء, ‏الى الشاطئ. (various references)

Chinese 

岸上 . (various references)

Czech

na souši, na břehu, na břeh. (various references)

Danish

slammet(mudderet)er suget op og pumpet(ind paa land) (the spoil is pumped up and discharged ashore), kastelineudstyr (fibre rope handling gear, first line ashore equipment *), gå til søs efter en periode i land (to return to sea after a period ashore). (various references)

Dutch

aanspoelen (be washed ashore), aandrýven (actuate, be washed ashore, chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo), aan wal gaan (be washed ashore), weer op zeedienst gaan na een periode aan de wal (to return to sea after a period ashore), lier voor gebruik van kunststofvezeltouw (fibre rope handling gear, first line ashore equipment *), de grond wordt gezogen en weggeperst (the spoil is pumped up and discharged ashore), 2672 lijnhaler (fibre rope handling gear, first line ashore equipment *). (various references)

Esperanto

alnaĝi (be washed ashore), surbordiĝi (be washed ashore). (various references)

Farsi 

درکنار (Beside, Besides, By, Sidelong), درساحل , بکنار (Aside), بطرف ساحل (Inshore). (various references)

Finnish

maissa (on shore). (various references)

French

vers le rivage, vers la rive. (various references)

German

an land (on shore, onshore). (various references)

Greek 

στην ξηρά (aground, on shore), παραλιακά, εισ την παραλία. (various references)

Hebrew 

על החוף. (various references)

Hungarian

partra, parton. (various references)

Indonesian

terdampar (aground, cast ashore, dumped off at, gone aground), mendaratkan (put ashore), mendamparkan (beach, wash ashore), memangkalkan (discharge, put ashore, unload). (various references)

Italian

a terra (onshore), a riva (inshore). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

漂着 (drifting ashore). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ながれつく (to be washed ashore, to drift to), ひょうちゃく (drifting ashore), うちよせる (to attack, to break onto, to wash ashore), げせん (going ashore, humble birth). (various references)

Manx

er-traie, er-halloo, er cheer (on shore). (various references)

Pig Latin

ashoreay.(various references)

Portuguese

na praia (on the beach), em terra firme. (various references)

Romanian

pe mal, la mal, la ţãrm (inshore). (various references)

Russian 

к берегу;на берегу. (various references)

Scottish

trabhach (rubbish cast ashore), brùc (seaweed cast ashore). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

na obali. (various references)

Spanish

en tierra (down). (various references)

Swedish

på land (overland). (various references)

Thai

เทียบฝั่ง. (various references)

Turkish

karaya, karada (on shore, overland), kıyıya, kıyıda (inshore, onshore). (various references)

Ukrainian

на берег, на березі (alongshore), до берега (shoreward, shorewards). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trên bờ; vào bờ. (various references)

Welsh

ar y lan, i'r lan. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "ashore": seashore. (additional references)

Words containing "ashore": seashores. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ashore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abhore, Achare, Achmore, adhore, Agshar, ahor, Ahora, Ahorey, Ansorge, aphor, Ashar, Asharq, ashbory, Asho, ashoe, ashole, ashor, Ashorne, ashrae, ashre, ashtree, ashure, Ashurov, Askole, Asmore, asoe, asor, asthor, asthore, Athorpe, awhire, azahari, azori, Bashore, Bashorun, Easthorpe, Gasthofe, Jahore, oshere, Sahour, Samore, sathor, sauoure. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ahorse, hoarse.

-1 letter: arose, hares, hears, heros, hoars, hoers, horas, horse, rheas, share, shear, shoer, shore.

-2 letters: aero, ares, arse, ears, eras, eros, haes, hare, hear, hero, hers, hoar, hoer, hoes, hora, hose, oars, ores, osar, rase, rash, resh, rhea, rhos, roes, rose, sear, sera, shea, shoe, soar, sora, sore.

-3 letters: are, ars, ash, ear, era.

+1 letter: choreas, earshot, hoarsen, hoarser, hoaxers, oraches, roaches, senhora, shoaler.

+2 letters: airholes, aphorise, armholes, broaches, caroches, choleras, chorales, coachers, earshots, gheraoes, hardnose, hoarders, hoariest, hoarsely, hoarsens, hoarsest, homagers, horsecar, horseman, loathers, menorahs, outhears, overrash, oxhearts, pharoses, phorates, poachers, prophase, ratholes, rhamnose, rhapsode, rheobase, rheostat, sawhorse, seashore, senhoras, shadower, shoalier, shortage, sorehead, teraohms, thoraces, thoraxes, warhorse.