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adj
In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Antonyms: seaward, seawards, oceanward, oceanwards, lakeward, lakewards
adj
Facing the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Antonyms: seaward, seawards, oceanward, oceanwards, lakeward, lakewards
adv
Toward the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Antonyms: seaward, seawards, oceanward, oceanwards, lakeward, lakewards
noun
The side facing the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: inshore, onshore, seaward
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English shore Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English shoreward From shore + -ward.
