Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

ashore
     adv : towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore"
           [syn: {on land}, {toward land}, {onto land}]