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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ashore  \A*shore"\,  adv  [Pref.  a-  +  shore.] 
  On  shore  or  on  land;  on  the  land  adjacent  to  water;  to  the 
  shore;  to  the  land;  aground  (when  applied  to  a  ship);  -- 
  sometimes  opposed  to  {aboard}  or  {afloat}. 
 
  Here  shall  I  die  ashore.  --Shak. 
 
  I  must  fetch  his  necessaries  ashore.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ashore 
  adv  :  towards  the  shore  from  the  water;  "we  invited  them  ashore" 
  [syn:  {on  land},  {toward  land},  {onto  land}] 




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