Meanings
- Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
1 more example
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- Near the shore.
The sunset's roses faint and fain decline. Inshore the still sea shimmers scale on scale, Like an enormous coat of magic mail — Sheet silver shot with tremulous opaline.
1875, William Henley, Notes on the Firth - Towards the shore.
It is now believed that many species of sharks come inshore at night to feed and, therefore, that attacks made during the day are not related to the feeding process.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 169
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveclose to a shore
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian крайбрежен
- крайбрежен (krajbrežen)close to shore
Finnish rannikko-, ranta-
- rannikko-close to shore
- ranta-close to shore
- rannan läheinenclose to shore
- merellinenof wind blowing from the sea to the land
- meri- (see: merituuli)of wind blowing from the sea to the land
- rannan lähellänear the shore
- rantaan päintowards the shore
Icelandic sem er nærri landi, sem er við land
- sem er nærri landiclose to shore
- sem er við landclose to shore
- grunnsævis-close to shore
- álands-of wind blowing from the sea to the land
- nærri landinear the shore
- við landnear the shore
- uppi í landsteinumnear the shore
- að landitowards the shore
Polish przybrzeżny, przybrzeżny
- przybrzeżnyclose to shore
- przybrzeżnyof wind blowing from the sea to the land
- przy brzegunear the shore
- w stronę brzegutowards the shore
Spanish acostado
- acostadoclose to shore
Swedish kustnära, kust-
- kustnäraclose to shore
- kust-close to shore
- nära landnear the shore
- vid landnear the shore
- vid kustennear the shore
- mot landtowards the shore
Turkish kıyıya yakın, kıyıya doğru
- kıyıya yakınnear the shore
- kıyıya doğrutowards the shore
Cite this entry
inshore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inshore
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