shores
Where land ends
Shores are the land along the edge of a body of water—an ocean, lake, or river.
The word often suggests the meeting point of land and water rather than deep inland: We walked along the shore at sunset.
In the plural, shores can mean a country or region, especially poetically: distant shores, these shores.
As a verb, to shore up is to support or reinforce something at risk of collapsing: They shored up the sagging foundation.
Ocean's cyclical swell
- surfWaves near shore
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
- breakersWaves that collapse shoreward
swells · foam · spray · lapping · crashing · riptide · whitecaps · rollers
Relating to seashores
- seasideCoastal recreational area
- strandThin fiber piece
- coveSheltered coastal indentation
- bayPartially enclosed water
harbor · inlet · cliff · promontory · peninsula · headland · jetty · breakwater
Deliberate exposure to rays
- swimsuitGarment for the pool
- volleyballCourt game over net
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- seashellsEmpty mollusk exoskeletons
tidepools · surfing · boardwalk · pier · snorkeling · tourists · cabana · sunscreen
Wind-formed sand ridges
- grainsSmall hard seeds
- footprintsMarks left by walking
- sandcastlesStructures built from wet beach
- seashellsEmpty mollusk exoskeletons
starfish · sandpipers · driftwood · berm · sediment · quartz · erosion · ripples
tide
Ocean's cyclical swell
breakers · swells · foam · spray · lapping · crashing · riptide · whitecaps · rollers · undertow
littoral
Relating to seashores
bay · harbor · inlet · cliff · promontory · peninsula · headland · jetty · breakwater · estuary
sunbathing
Deliberate exposure to rays
- swimsuitGarment for the pool
- volleyballCourt game over net
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
seashells · tidepools · surfing · boardwalk · pier · snorkeling · tourists · cabana · sunscreen · flipflops
dunes
Wind-formed sand ridges
- grainsSmall hard seeds
- footprintsMarks left by walking
- sandcastlesStructures built from wet beach
seashells · starfish · sandpipers · driftwood · berm · sediment · quartz · erosion · ripples · beaches
cliffs
Steep natural rock walls
granite · basalt · tidepools · barnacles · rugged · outcrop · erosion · seaweed · algae · crabs
border
Outer edge or limit
brink · verge · threshold · margin · fringe · rim · perimeter · cusp · outskirts · demarcation
- coastscliffs, coves, bays, coastal plains, tide pool
- formworkforms, molds, panels, plywood panels, sheathing
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- homelandmotherland, fatherland, homeland, home country, native land
shoresinteriors
Inner parts of spaces
inland · hinterland · heartland · interior · backcountry
shoresopen ocean
Sea far from shore
high seas · offshore · the deep · open sea · deep water
- rocky shoreCoastline of boulders
- shore upStrengthen against failure
- shored upStrengthened with supports
- shore leaveSailor's permitted absence ashore
- lake shoreLand bordering inland water
- shoring upStrengthening with supports
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