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shoreward

6.5

Coming from the sea toward the land

adjective
/ˈʃɔːrwərd/

: hacia la costa

The sailboat turned shoreward as the captain aimed to dock before the storm hit.

Examples

The strong winds blew shoreward, bringing the scent of the sea to the beach.
An inset from one of the images looking shoreward (roughly west) shows damage to the roadway of old route A1A (in the foreground at the top of the beach) and overwash deposits landward of the houses (Figure 2).

Academic text (2018)
As the storm approached, we noticed the dark clouds moving shoreward across the horizon.

Synonyms

onshore

vsshoreward

15 3.5

Located on land near the sea or moving from the sea toward the land

is limited to movement from the sea toward the shore rather than location

inshore

vsshoreward

5.6

A wind coming from the sea toward the land

is the term that focuses on movement specifically toward the shore

landward

vsshoreward

6.7

Toward the land and away from the sea

is specifically about movement coming from the sea toward land

landwards

vsshoreward

6.8

Toward the land and away from the sea

is identical in meaning but differs only by word ending or form

coastward

vsshoreward

4.6

Moving toward the shore

is specific about movement coming from the sea toward the land

Antonyms

seaward

1 4.7

The direction toward the sea from land

How Seaward

deep-sea

13 4.5

asea

Archaic

9.9

offshore

141 3.7

shoreward

6.5

inland

31 3.8

Surface Forms

shoreward positive

Morphology

shoreward = shore (transparent) = shore + ward

Formed by the noun 'shore' plus the directional suffix '-ward'; meaning 'toward the shore' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word shoreward joins shore ('land by the sea') and the direction ending -ward ('toward'), so as an adjective it describes winds or movement that go toward the land from the sea, like a shoreward breeze pushing boats to the coast.