# shored

Pronunciation: US say "SHORD" /ʃɔɹd/; UK say "SHAWD" /ʃɔː(ɹ)d/

## Verb

1. Past participle of shore. — past participle of shore
   - Simple: Past participle of shore. Use this form after have, has, or had, or in passive sentences.
   - _The crumbling embankment was shored against the rising river._
   - _Workers had shored the old gallery before the survey began._

## Adjective

2. Bordered by a shore, often of a kind specified by the word it is combined with.
   - Simple: Having an edge of land beside water, often of a certain kind.
   - _The fjord is a steep-shored inlet carved by ancient ice._
   - _Gently-shored lakes are far easier for young swimmers to enter._

## Origin

Formed from the noun shore ("coast") with the suffix -ed.

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