inshore
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- adverb
- /ɪnˈʃɔr/
:
hacia la costa
- On the west coast, trawling takes place closer inshore, and it is therefore more accessible to the seals.
- vessels move inshore
Examples
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Leech will anchor his ships well inshore.
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Protecting juveniles inshore is thus the key to producing large shrimp yields, like that of the 1993 closed season.
Academic text (1997) -
The most remarkable thing was that scarcely any wind was blowing inshore at the time.
Academic text (2009) -
In this region, there are only two breeding colonies of seals, but trawling activity is close inshore.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm plotting everything from the two headlands right inshore to the high-tide mark.
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Protecting juveniles inshore during the recruitment period seems to be more effective for allowing the stock to recover and increasing the spawning potential (Garcia, 1989).
Academic text (1997) -
Every spring, vast numbers of horseshoe crabs travel twenty miles inshore to calm bays in search of sandy beaches, where they spawn in intertidal zones.
Academic text (2002) -
The boat sailed inshore to escape the rough waves of the open sea.
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During the storm, we decided to stay inshore to avoid the strong currents.
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As the sun began to set, we paddled inshore to find a safe place to camp.
Synonyms
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In the sea near the shore
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3.5
Located on land near the sea or moving from the sea toward the land
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Close to the shore where the water is shallow
Moving toward the shore from the water
Moving toward the shore
Toward or at the edge of a body of water
Toward the land and away from the sea
Toward the land and away from the sea
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inshore comes from in- ('toward') and shore ('land by the water'), so it means moving 'toward the shore' from the sea; that's why fishermen say they go inshore to reach safer water.