inshore.

Situated close to the shore, or moving toward it.

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Words that belong together

• inshore waters
• an inshore course

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They kept an inshore course while the outer channel remained rough.

Inshore waters held the smaller boats that could not face the swell.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Relational or positional adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.