Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shear \Shear\, v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared}
   or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren,
   scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran;
   akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???.
   Cf. {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to turn
   aside.]
   1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
      instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

   Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
         sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.

   2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
      to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
      shear a fleece.

            Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

   4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

   5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
      {Shear}, n., 4.

Shore \Shore\, n.
   A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Shore \Shore\,
   imp. of {Shear}. --Chaucer.

Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor,
   OD. schoore, Icel. skor?a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being
   a piece cut off.]
   A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the
   side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath
   anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
   [Written also {shoar}.]

Shore \Shore\, v. t.
   To set on shore. [Obs.] --Shak.

Shore \Shore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shoring}.] [OE. schoren. See {Shore} a prop.]
   To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up;
   as, to shore up a building.

Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran,
   and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
   to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.]
   The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
   ocean, lake, or large river.

         Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
         Is come shore.                           --Shak.

         The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.        --Spenser.

   {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat.

   {On shore}. See under {On}.

   {Shore birds} (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for the various
      limicoline birds found on the seashore.

   {Shore crab} (Zo["o]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or
      between tides, especially any one of various species of
      grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California.

   {Shore lark} (Zo["o]l.), a small American lark ({Otocoris
      alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
      the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark
      brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow
      local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
      streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
      tufts. Called also {horned lark}.

   {Shore plover} (Zo["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover
      ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and
      feeds on crustaceans, etc.

   {Shore teetan} (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus
      obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.]

Source : WordNet®

shore
     n 1: the land along the edge of a body of water
     2: a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to
        provide support [syn: {shoring}]

shore
     v 1: serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
     2: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: {land},
         {set ashore}]
     3: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
        and buttress an old building" [syn: {prop up}, {prop}, {shore
        up}]