onshore

[ on-shawr, -shohr, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, ˈɔn- /

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adverb

onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water: a breeze blowing onshore.

in or on a body of water, close to or parallel with the shore: to sail a boat onshore.

on land, especially within the area adjoining a port; ashore: to land and shop onshore.

adjective

moving or proceeding toward shore or onto land from a body of water: an onshore breeze.

located on or close to the shore: an onshore lighthouse; an onshore buoy.

done or taking place on land: onshore liberty for the crew.

RELATED WORDS

ashore, inshore, aground, inland

Nearby words

onrush, onrushing, ons, onsager, onset, onshore, onshoring, onside, onside kick, onslaught, onslow

Origin of onshore

First recorded in 1870–75; on + shore¹

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Examples from the Web for onshore

It would support efforts to “onshore” production and leverage private capital to modernize transport and other public systems.
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Wilmar, however, claimed that onshore turbines are less reliant on subsidies and more cost-effective than those built in the sea.
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Undoubtedly an onshore wind and a flood-tide bring sand into the lower reaches, for the men find it in the dredges.
A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides
"Watchin' out for evidence in a law case, probably," growled Cap'n Sproul, the fear of onshore artfulness ever with him.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

When we got on board the boat, we found that all the women had taken refuge in it, thinking that they had seen Indians onshore.
Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh|Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch
Onshore, we had the sail spread so as to shelter us against the wind and dew.
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Many a time I had to clear off the land, so to speak, against an onshore gale with my barge and family.
A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides

British Dictionary definitions for onshore

onshore

/ (ˈɒnˈʃɔː) /

adjective, adverb

towards the landan onshore gale

on land; not at sea

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