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SET ASHORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does set ashore mean?
• SET ASHORE (verb)
The verb SET ASHORE has 1 sense:
1. arrive on shore
Familiarity information: SET ASHORE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrive on shore
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
Hypernyms (to "set ashore" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
She come to England, and was set ashore at Dover.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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