Alongships
in the fore-and-aft line of a vessel.
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- Alongside
, by, at, or to the of something: we brought the boat alongside. beside; by the of: the dog ran alongside me all the way. informal. alongside of, compared with: alongside of his brother, he is no student at all. contemporary examples and jimmy fallon covered the song twice—once as neil young and once alongside […]
- Alongshore
by or the or coast. historical examples gadabout sidled to starboard, and grapnels were thrown up into the trees to hold her alongsh-r-. virginia: the old dominion frank w. hutchins and cortelle hutchins a word used rather contemptuously for alongsh-r-; land usage. the sailor’s word-book william henry smyth and when it was over, and they […]
- Along the lines of
also, on the lines of. roughly similar or in keeping with. for example, we told the architect we want a design along the lines of his own house but smaller, or jane asked the caterer for a menu on the lines of the morgans’ wedding reception. this idiom uses line in the sense of “a […]
- Along with
through, on, beside, over, or parallel to the length or direction of; from one end to the other of: to walk along a highway; to run a border along a shelf. during; in the course of: somewhere along the way i lost my hat. in conformity or accordance with: i plan to revise the article […]
- Alongside of
, by, at, or to the of something: we brought the boat alongside. beside; by the of: the dog ran alongside me all the way. informal. alongside of, compared with: alongside of his brother, he is no student at all. preposition (often foll by of) along the side of; along beside: alongside the quay adverb […]