shorewards

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A form of shoreward — In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking.

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Meanings

adjectiveshorewards (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of shoreward.
adverbshorewards (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of shoreward.

    The men rowed shorewards, but were stopped by four canoes carrying armed men, "new men" the narrative calls them.

    1899, Mrs. Cashel Hoey, An Antarctic Mystery
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    Then it all came back, and I was a boy again on the trawler, creeping shorewards in the light breeze of an August night, and watching that friendly twinkle from the Manor woods above the village.

    1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
beachwardlandward

Origin

From shore + -wards.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shorewards

forwards
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Cite this entry
APA

shorewards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorewards

MLA

“shorewards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorewards. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shorewards,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorewards.

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