|  inshore 
 
 1. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
 - an inshore breeze
 - an onshore gale
 - sheltered from seaward winds
 • Syn:
 onshore, seaward, shoreward
 • Ant:
 offshore
 2. close to a shore
 - inshore fisheries
 • Similar to:
 coastal
 
 toward the shore
 - we swam two miles inshore
 
 
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