(~s, shoring, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
The ~s or the ~ of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on ~ is on the land rather than on a ship.
They walked down to the ~.
...elephants living on the ~s of Lake Kariba...
I have spent less time on ~ than most men...
N-COUNT: also prep N