ashore
/əˈʃɔː
/adverb
1To or on the shore or land from the direction of the sea: the seals come ashore to breed...
- Handing over the helm he directed me close to land, hopped ashore and left us to fate.
- Sailors from the ship also wanted to get ashore during this time to help with the aid and restoration program.
- Then there were the marine corps and army infantry who waded ashore or were landed by air on island after island.
Synonyms
on to (the) land, on to the shore;
towards the shore, shorewards, landwards;
on the shore, on the beach, on (the) land, on dry land
1.1On land as opposed to at sea: we spent the day ashore...
- Due to the situation ashore in Honiara, there has been no shore leave allowed over the two months the ship was there.
- The prize gives special emphasis to research which improves the management or techniques in sick bays ashore and afloat.
- In between official duties sailors managed to get ashore to take in the sights of Exeter and Torquay.
Rhymes
- osteological
- osteologically
- osteologist
- osteology
- osteolysis
- osteolytic
- osteoma
- osteomalacia
- osteomalacic
- osteomancy
- osteometric
- osteometrical
- osteometry
- osteomyelitis
- osteon
- osteone
- osteonecrosis
- osteonecrotic
- osteopath
- osteopathic
- osteopathically
- osteopathist
- osteopathy
- osteopenia
- osteoperiostitis