INSHORE

inshore

(adjective) close to a shore; “inshore fisheries”

inshore, onshore, shoreward

(adjective) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; “an inshore breeze”; “an onshore gale”

inshore

(adverb) toward the shore; “we swam two miles inshore”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

inshore

Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.

(of a wind) Blowing from the sea to the land.

Adverb

inshore

Near the shore.

Towards the shore.

Anagrams

• Horines, heroins, hierons

Source: Wiktionary


In"shore`, a.

Definition: Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents.

– adv.

Definition: Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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