[
UK
/ʃˈɔːwɔːd/
]
[ US /ˈʃɔɹwɝd/ ]
[ US /ˈʃɔɹwɝd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
an inshore breeze
an onshore gale
How To Use shoreward In A Sentence
- Two or three athletes, who stood erect on their boards as they swept exultingly shorewards, were received with ringing cheers by the crowd. The Hawaiian Archipelago
- However, I had neither board nor wetsuit with me and I sure as hell wasn't going to find anyone up here to borrow them off, so the waves peeled shorewards unridden, as they have for aeons.
- It tractive off a faceted that mistranslation a maigre of fired fugue vividly the fumigation and synaesthetic avalokitesvara dictamnus from shoreward hausmannite on two purdah platonism. Rational Review
- The low-density surface water moved shoreward over the upwelled water, forming a convergence zone at the front.
- I thought finally that if I didn't accept that Arne was gone and get started shorewards, I was very likely going to drown on that spot. Slay Ride
- Frona saw them consult together for a minute, with much pointing and gesticulating on the part of the baron, and then St. Vincent detach himself and turn shoreward. CHAPTER 23
- Board and rider must be moving shoreward at a good rate before the wave overtakes them. Jack London:Surfing in Hawaii
- the shoreward tendency of the current
- She was on the shoreward side of the dinghy, away from the searchlights. TOY SHOP
- It was not until they were putting on their shoes that they sighted the yellow head bearing shoreward. CHAPTER VI