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View synonyms for inshore

inshore

[ in-shawr, -shohr ]

adjective

  1. close or closer to the shore.
  2. lying near the shore; operating or carried on close to the shore:

    inshore fishing.



adverb

  1. toward the shore:

    They went closer inshore.

inshore

/ ˈɪnˈʃɔː /

adjective

  1. in or on the water, but close to the shore

    inshore weather

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. towards the shore from the water

    an inshore wind

    we swam inshore

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inshore1

First recorded in 1695–1705; in- 1 + shore 1
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Example Sentences

Captain Dave offers half- and full-day inshore excursions to land speckled trout and red snapper year-round and flounder, triple tail, and tarpon seasonally.

Vanishing coastal marshes have been a huge issue in recent years, and some areas where shoreline marsh bordered open inshore waters has receded miles from its original location.

Our shrimp are mostly sweet because they come from inshore where the waters of the Mississippi meet the waters of the Gulf.

“I can take one of you,” answered Tom, pointing the canoe inshore with a turn of his paddle.

When it was daylight, here was the clear Ohio water inshore, sure enough, and outside was the old regular Muddy!

We could see that the set of the current below ran close inshore, although doubtless the water there was very deep.

The inshore squadron was gradually increased till it numbered ten sail-of-the-line.

As we came inshore, the main body of the archipelago was found to be separated by a mile and a half from the mainland.

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