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Stuck vs Ashore - What's the difference?

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Stuck is a related term of ashore.


As a noun stuck

is one, piece, article (of a ware; often not translated in engish).

As an adverb ashore is

(nautical) on the land as opposed to onboard.

stuck

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • (stick) (which in the past was sticked )

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Trapped and unable to move.
    • Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck .
    Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck .
  • Unable to progress.
    • ''I'm stuck on this question in the test.
    Derived terms
    * stuck on

    Etymology 2

    Compare stoccado.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A thrust.
  • * 1599 , , IV. vii. 160:
    • If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.
    (Webster 1913)

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    ashore

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard
  • (nautical) On, or towards the shore

    • 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

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