inshore Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
seaward; shoreward; onshore.
- an inshore breeze
- an onshore gale
- sheltered from seaward winds
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adjective satellite close to a shore
- inshore fisheries
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adverb toward the shore
- we swam two miles inshore
WordNet
In"shore` adjective
Definitions
Being near or moving towards the shore; --as, inshore fisheries;inshore currents.adv. Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed .inshore