shoreward
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wərd, ˈʃoʊr-
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shoreward (ˈʃɔːwəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | near or facing the shore |
| —adv | |
| 2. | towards the shore |
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Shoreward
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Then as fall approaches they again come shoreward as they head toward their spawning stream and the cycle repeats.
Its younger set, coming shoreward for the first time to spawn, are caught as whitebait.
In response to rising sea level, the barrier island migrated shoreward over lagoonal muds.
The boundary then extends shoreward towards the mean high-water line.
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