What is the meaning of inshore?

adjective

  • Of winds. ( coming from the sea toward the land)
    • usage: "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
  • Close to a shore.
    • usage: "inshore fisheries"

adverb

  • Toward the shore.
    • usage: "we swam two miles inshore"
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