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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



adverb

  1. towards the shore from the water

    we swam inshore

    an inshore wind

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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

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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