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reaching
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noun
(= reach)
the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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noun
(= arrival)
accomplishment of an objective
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
shore
Noun
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The shore is the land found close to the waters' edge.
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The shore is another word for land.
The sailors decided to eat on the shore.
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A shore is a kind of support that helps to hold the weight of the floor above it.
shore
Verb
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If you shore someone or something, that means that you give support to them.
The workers were shoring up the dock after it almost fell into the water.