inshore

inshore adjective: close to (especially in sight of) a shore.

Adjective

inshore

Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
- 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...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land.

inshore

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

கரைக்கருகிலுள்ள, அண்மைக்கடல், ஓரக்கடல்

What does inshore mean?: Inshore means close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
What is inshore in Tamil?: Inshore in Tamil is கரைக்கருகிலுள்ள, அண்மைக்கடல், ஓரக்கடல். See Inshore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inshore?: Inshore can be an adjective or an adverb.

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