Onshore

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Moving or directed toward the shore: an onshore wind.
  • adj. Located on the shore: an onshore beacon; an onshore patrol.
  • ad. Toward the shore: The wind shifted onshore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. moving from the sea towards the land
  • adj. positioned on or near the shore
  • ad. from the sea towards the land
  • v. To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • preposition. on land; to the shore.
  • adj. coming from the sea toward the land; -- of winds and weather. Opposed to offshore.
  • adj. On the edge of the land; near the shoreline.
  • n. See under On.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Toward the land: as, the wind blew onshore.
  • Being on or moving toward the land: as, an onshore wind.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
  • adj. on the edge of the land
  • ad. on or toward the land
  • Equivalent
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    noshore    offshore   
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    inshore    seaward   
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