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shore⋅ward

  [shawr-werd, shohr-]
Use shoreward in a Sentence
–adverb
1. Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
–adjective
2. facing, moving, or tending toward the shore or land: a shoreward course.
3. coming from the shore, as a wind.
–noun
4. the direction toward the shore or away from the sea.
Origin:
1575–85; shore 1 + -ward
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shore·ward   (shôr'wərd, shōr'-)   
adv.   & adj.
Toward, to, or on the shore.
shore'wards (-wərdz) adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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