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Noun shoring has 2 senses
  1. shore, shoring - a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
    --1 is a kind of beam
  2. shoring, shoring up, propping up - the act of propping up with shores
    --2 is a kind of support, supporting
    Derived form: verb shore3
,Verb shore has 3 senses
  1. shore - serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
    --1 is one way to     bound, border
    Derived form: noun shore1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. land, set ashore, shore - arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
    --2 is one way to arrive, get, come
    Derived form: noun shore1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. prop up, prop, shore up, shore - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
    --3 is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up
    Derived forms: noun shore2, noun shoring2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
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