inshore

[in-shawr, -shohr]

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adjective

close or closer to the shore.

lying near the shore; operating or carried on close to the shore: inshore fishing.

adverb

toward the shore: They went closer inshore.

Origin of inshore

First recorded in 1695–1705; in-¹ + shore¹

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Related Words for inshore

ashore, aground, inland

Examples from the Web for inshore

Contemporary Examples of inshore

Our shrimp are mostly sweet because they come from inshore where the waters of the Mississippi meet the waters of the Gulf.
Four Things You Didn't Know About Shrimp
Jane Frye
June 24, 2009

Historical Examples of inshore

I took the inshore channel, and kept listenin' all the time.
The Depot Master
Joseph C. Lincoln
"Get her under way and inshore as soon as you can," ordered Dr. Parker.
Keziah Coffin
Joseph C. Lincoln
The current carried him down-stream, but his inshore progress was swift and certain.
Colorado Jim
George Goodchild
Soon we had it off our bow, abeam, on our quarter; we were inshore.
The U-boat hunters
James B. Connolly
You'd know if you'd ever been here while the plant was processing and the wind was inshore.
Smugglers' Reef
John Blaine

British Dictionary definitions for inshore

inshore

adjective

in or on the water, but close to the shoreinshore weather

adverb, adjective

towards the shore from the wateran inshore wind; we swam inshore

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