set+on+shore
11shore — 1. n. 1 the land that adjoins the sea or a large body of water. 2 (usu. in pl.) a country; a sea coast (often visits these shores; on a distant shore). 3 Law land between ordinary high and low water marks. Phrases and idioms: in shore on the… …
12set — 1 /set/ verb past tense and past participle set PUT DOWN 1 PUT (transitive always + adv/prep) to carefully put something down somewhere, especially something that is difficult to carry: set sth down/on etc: She set the tray down on a table next… …
13set — [[t]sɛt[/t]] v. set, set•ting, n. adj. 1) to put (something or someone) in a particular place, position, or posture: to set a vase on a table; Set the baby on her feet[/ex] 2) to put or cause to pass into some condition: to set a house on fire;… …
14set — [c]/sɛt / (say set) verb (set, setting) –verb (t) 1. to put in a particular place or position: to set a vase on a table. 2. to put into some condition or relation: to set a house on fire. 3. to apply: to set fire to a house. 4. to cause to begin …
15shore — {{11}}shore (n.) c.1300, land bordering a large body of water, perhaps from M.L.G. schor shore, coast, headland, or M.Du. scorre land washed by the sea, probably from P.Gmc. *skur cut and according to etymologists originally with a sense of… …
16shore — shore1 noun 1》 the land along the edge of a sea, lake, etc. ↘Law the land between ordinary high and low water marks. 2》 (also shores) literary a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast: distant shores. Phrases in shore on the… …
17set ashore — verb arrive on shore The ship landed in Pearl Harbor • Syn: ↑land, ↑shore • Derivationally related forms: ↑shore (for: ↑shore), ↑land ( …
18set\ in — v To begin; start; develop. Before the boat could reach shore, a storm had set in. He did not keep the cut clean and infection set in. The wind set in from the east …
19shore seine — beach seine (a net used to encircle fish in shallow water; usually operated by two people wading out from shore, the net has lead weights to keep the bottom on the sea floor and floats to keep the top of the net at or near the surface; there may… …
20To set about — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …
