Definition

1. 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

1. arrive on shore
   • The ship landed in Pearl Harbor