The land bordering on water, a bank, shore.

The edge of the land next to a sea or lake; a shore, coast, strand. Also figurative. Obsolete.

A border, a margin; spec. the bank of a river; the shore of the sea.

A shore, strand; in modern use, ‘a flat meadow, esp. one close to a stream; a stretch of coast’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).

The land bordering a sea, lake, or †river; in a more restricted sense, that part of a shore which lies between the tide-marks; sometimes used…

of the sea, or any piece of water: Coast, shore, bank, brink. (Now only as a transferred application of 4.)

The edge of the land bordering a piece of water, as a river, lake, the sea: formerly = ‘bank, shore, brim’; now esp. when this rises abruptly from…

A coast, a shore; a riverbank. Now rare (chiefly poetic in later use).

A river bank or sea shore. Also figurative. Now somewhat rare.

The shore of the sea. Also: the bank of a river. Obsolete.

The water's edge; a bank or margin of the sea, or of a river, stream, or lake; (sometimes) spec. a quay; a waterfront.

A cliff (in various senses).

A bank, a shore; a landing place, a port. Also port rival. Also figurative.

The land bordering on the sea or a large lake or river. Often in a restricted sense more or less coinciding with the legal definition (see 1b).

†(a) (apparently) = water bank, n. (obsolete rare); (b) an irruption of water; a gap created by such an irruption.

common shore: apparently = ‘shore’ simply. (Cf. shore, n.4) Obsolete.

The margin of a river or the sea. Also without const.

In Portuguese-speaking countries: a beach or shore; a river bank; a waterfront.

A pavement running alongside a Venetian canal. Also more generally: any waterfront or promenade.

that area adjacent to the sea, a waterfall, etc., that is continually splashed by water.