set ashore
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Definition
- Verb:
- To disembark or put ashore: To cause or allow people or goods to go from a ship or boat onto land.
- To arrive on shore: (Used for a ship or its passengers) To reach and stop at the shore.
Usage
- The verb "set ashore" is transitive and typically used with an object (the people or things being put on land). It describes the action of a vessel or its crew completing the process of landing.
- It often implies a deliberate act of unloading or disembarking at a specific point on the coast.
Examples
- Verb:
- The captain decided to set the passengers ashore at the small island.
- After the storm, they were finally set ashore on a deserted beach.
- The supplies were set ashore by the crew using small boats.
Advanced Usage
- Passive Voice: Frequently used in the passive voice ("were set ashore") to emphasize the experience of the people or goods being landed.
- The explorers were set ashore with enough provisions for a month.
Variants and Related Words
- Disembark (verb): To leave a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle. (More general than "set ashore," which specifies the land/water interface).
- Land (verb): To come to or put on land from a body of water. Can be used intransitively (The ship landed) or transitively (They landed the cargo).
- Debark (verb): Synonym for disembark.
- Ashore (adverb): On or onto the shore from the water.
- They swam ashore.
Synonyms
- Disembark
- Debark
- Land (when used transitively)
- Put ashore
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Go ashore: To leave a ship and go onto land. (Intransitive, focuses on the action of the person leaving).
- The sailors went ashore for leave.
- Put ashore: A direct synonym for "set ashore."
- The mutineers were put ashore on a remote island.
Related Idioms
- While not a direct idiom, the concept is central to phrases like "marooned" (to be left ashore, especially on a deserted island).
- The pirate was marooned, set ashore with no means of escape.
Verb
- arrive on shore
- The ship landed in Pearl Harbor