different between stuck vs ashore

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Verb

stuck

1. simple past tense and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)

Adjective

stuck (comparative more stuck, superlative most stuck)

1. Unable to move.

   Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.

   If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.

2. Unable to progress with a task.

   I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.

3. No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

   There are several ways to close a stuck program.

4. (slang, archaic) In the situation of having no money.

Derived terms

• stuck on

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare stoccado.

Noun

stuck (plural stucks)

1. (obsolete) A thrust.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 160:

     If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.

Anagrams

• suckt, tucks

English

Etymology

a- +? shore; see also onshore

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /???o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???o?/
• Homophone: assure (accents with the pour–poor merger)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

ashore (not comparable)

1. (nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene ii^[1]:

     I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die ashore— […]

2. (nautical) On, or towards the shore.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene ii:

     Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.

Usage notes

• When a ship collides with the shore it is said to have run ashore; when a ship collides with a submerged object, such as a reef or sandbar, it is said to have run aground.

Derived terms

• hangashore

Synonyms

• aland

Translations

Anagrams

• ahorse, hearos, hoarse, shoare

Middle English

Etymology

From a- (“on”) +? shore (“a prop; support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????r?/

Adverb

ash?re

1. aslant, on a slant

Derived terms

• setten ashore

References

• “ash?re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.