adj
Meaning 1
Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inshore
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Near the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Meaning 4
Towards the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an inshore breeze
- an onshore gale
- sheltered from seaward winds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: onshore, seaward, shoreward
Antonyms: offshore
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
close to a shore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- inshore fisheries
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Synonyms: none provided
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adverb
Meaning 7
toward the shore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we swam two miles inshore
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: крайбрежен (krajbrežen) — close to shore
- Finnish: rannikko- — close to shore
- Finnish: ranta- — close to shore
- Finnish: rannan läheinen — close to shore
- Icelandic: sem er nærri landi — close to shore
- Icelandic: sem er við land — close to shore
- Icelandic: grunnsævis- — close to shore
- Spanish: acostado — close to shore
- Swedish: kustnära — close to shore
- Swedish: kust- — close to shore
- Finnish: merellinen — of wind blowing from the sea to the land
- Finnish: meri- (see: merituuli) — of wind blowing from the sea to the land
- Icelandic: álands- — of wind blowing from the sea to the land
- Finnish: rannan lähellä — near the shore
- Icelandic: nærri landi — near the shore
- Icelandic: við land — near the shore
- Icelandic: uppi í landsteinum — near the shore
- Swedish: nära land — near the shore
- Swedish: vid land — near the shore
- Swedish: vid kusten — near the shore
- Turkish: kıyıya yakın — near the shore
- Finnish: rantaan päin — towards the shore
- Icelandic: að landi — towards the shore
- Swedish: mot land — towards the shore
- Turkish: kıyıya doğru — towards the shore
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