inshore

Definitions of inshore
  1. adjective
    close to a shore
    “inshore fisheries”
    synonyms:
    coastal
    located on or near or bordering on a coast
  2. adjective
    (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
    “an inshore breeze”
    synonyms: onshore, seaward, shoreward
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    antonyms:
    offshore
    (of winds) coming from the land
  3. adverb
    toward the shore
    “we swam two miles inshore”
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