inshore

UK: /ˌɪnˈʃɔː^r/ US: /ˈɪnˈʃɔr/ ,(in′shôr′, -shōr′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•shore /ˈɪnˈʃɔr/   adj. 

1. situated close to the shore:
   inshore waters.

adv. 

2. toward the shore.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•shore  (in′shôr′, -shōr′), adj. 

1. close or closer to the shore.
2. lying near the shore;
   operating or carried on close to the shore:
   inshore fishing.

adv. 

3. toward the shore:
   They went closer inshore.

• in-¹ + shore¹ 1695–1705

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

inshore / ˈɪnˈʃɔː/ adjective

1. in or on the water, but close to the shore: inshore weather

adverb , adjective

1. towards the shore from the water: an inshore wind, we swam inshore