[ adv ] towards the shore from the water <adv.all> we invited them ashore
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.
Seven lifeboats, some from other ferries, were used to bring the passengers ashore.
"Our goal is to get the oil picked up and not wait until it gets on beaches, and then have to clean beaches." The oil that washed ashore near Seward was a taffy-like goop mixed with seaweed, and was cleaned up Tuesday.
A police officer supervising rescue operations said 125 passengers swam ashore and 25 others were rescued by fishermen.
His body washed ashore the next day on the beach at Moratuwa, 10 miles south of the capital.
Most of its 1,500 crew members went ashore for liberty.
The storm came ashore again Friday afternoon along a sparsely populated stretch of the Gulf of Mexico coast south of Matamoros.
Royal Dutch/Shell Group now routes all its heavy fuels via the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, where they are pumped ashore.
As the havens grow less secure and more unwelcoming, the tide of those seeking to come ashore shows no sign of ebbing.
Two bodies, one identified as a Greek crew member, washed ashore on the south coast of England with a life boat bearing the ship's name, Flag Theofano.
Later, he flew in a helicopter over the Carolina coastline, where Hugo had come ashore a week earlier, and flew low over some of the hardest hit areas of downtown Charleston.
An estimated 3,000 pounds of pogies, or 50 bushels, washed ashore in Belfast Bay in September 1987.
The body of Sgt. Chet May of Fulton washed ashore from Grenada Lake on Monday night and was found by park rangers, Sheriff Weston Birdsong said.
Less than three years ago Miroslav Medvid, a 25-year-old Ukrainian seaman, jumped off a Russian ship anchored in the Mississippi River and swam ashore.
About 1,000 grunion, a small fish, were killed when they came ashore to lay their eggs, which also were doomed.
The largest such grounding came when 97 whales swam ashore near Eastham in October 1984.
Rescuers, working under the glare of emergency lights, placed slings under the tail section to keep it from sinking and had all survivors ashore within 40 minutes.
The next thing I knew, somebody grabbed me and helped me to shore." Miss Hugo washed ashore on Almagro island, about 20 miles from where officials believe the Dona Marilyn sank.
Merchant sailors who bobbed in 30-foot seas after Hurricane Bertha splintered their cargo ship stepped ashore with praise for their Soviet rescuers and acceptance of the ocean's fury.
In 1965, 25 years ago, U.S. Marines went ashore in the Dominican Republic to protect American lives during a revolution.
Suravut Maharom reported warships recovered 17 bodies from the gulf, east of Songkhla, since beginning the search Monday and 30 bodies were found washed ashore on a Chumphon province island.
As a result, the expedition leader's advice to take an early Zodiac ashore and catch the last one back was worth heeding. On one of my trips ashore I watched a mass of chin-strap penguins in an odoriferous rookery high on a stony hillside.
As a result, the expedition leader's advice to take an early Zodiac ashore and catch the last one back was worth heeding. On one of my trips ashore I watched a mass of chin-strap penguins in an odoriferous rookery high on a stony hillside.
The oil has washed ashore on several beaches.
A Thai fishing boat finally brought her ashore on June 28.
BTA said tons of petrochemicals were washed ashore near Burgas, affecting a stretch of beach about 2,000 feet long.
The night the hurricane came ashore with 135 mph winds, the Troughtons and their three children huddled in their split-level, wood-frame home across the harbor from Charleston.
In 1968, Mr. Groat accepted a promotion ashore.
The interviews to determine whether they would be brought ashore or returned to their homeland would be made once all the interviews were completed, the Coast Guard said.
More than half the seagulls of Ioannina Lake in northwestern Greece have died and are washing ashore by the hundreds, the Greek Ornithological Society said Tuesday.
Most of the oil that washed ashore affected industrial property.