shoreward

[ shawr-werd, shohr- ]

adverb

1. Also shorewards. toward the shore or land.

adjective

1. facing, moving, or tending toward the shore or land:

   a shoreward course.

2. coming from the shore, as a wind.

noun

1. the direction toward the shore or away from the sea.

shoreward

/ ˈʃɔːwəd /

adjective

1. near or facing the shore

adverb

1. towards the shore

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoreward¹

First recorded in 1575–85; shore ¹ + -ward

Example Sentences

Lance reduced the speed, and the Blue Streak began to move shoreward.

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All at once it snapped; the tiller swung useless and the boat whirled around, heeling in the stiffening wind, and drove shoreward.

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Beyond the cove, Halyard was bobbing up and down, afloat in his invalid's chair, trying to steer shoreward.

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So off we go heeling well to the breeze as our funny, high-slung lateen sail drives us shoreward at a great rate.

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At sound of the shot, the captain swung on his heel, gripped the rail and stared shoreward.

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