inshore

  • 11inshore — I. adjective Date: 1701 1. situated, living, or carried on near shore 2. moving toward shore < an inshore current > II. adverb Date: 1748 to or toward shore < boats driven inshore by the storm > …

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  • 12inshore — /in shawr , shohr /, 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. [1695 1705; IN 1 + SHORE1] * * * …

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  • 13inshore — adjective /ˈɪnʃɔ/ (say inshaw), /ɪnˈʃɔ/ (say in shaw) 1. lying near the shore; operating close to the shore: inshore fishing. –adverb /ɪnˈʃɔ/ (say in shaw) 2. towards the shore: they went closer inshore …

  • 14inshore — adj. Inshore is used with these nouns: ↑lifeboat …

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  • 15inshore — adjective at sea but close to the shore; operating near the coast: an inshore lifeboat. adverb towards or closer to the shore …

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  • 16inshore — in•shore [[t]ˈɪnˈʃɔr, ˈʃoʊr[/t]] adj. 1) situated or carried on close to the shore: inshore waters[/ex] 2) toward the shore • Etymology: 1695–1705 …

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  • 17inshore — adv. & adj. at sea but close to the shore. Phrases and idioms: inshore of nearer to shore than …

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  • 18Inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom — The Inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom are fifteen fixed stretches of coastline that are used in weather forecasting especially for windpowered or small coastal craft.Each area is deliminated by geographical features such as headlands,&#8230; …

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  • 19Inshore lizardfish — Taxobox name = Inshore Lizardfish image width = 240px image caption = Synodus foetens regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Aulopiformes familia = Synodontidae genus = Synodus species = S. foetens binomial = Synodus&#8230; …

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  • 20inshore lizardfish — lizardfish lizardfish, lizard fish lizard fish . (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the family {Synodontidae} having large mouths in lizardlike heads, especially the {inshore lizardfish} ({Synodus foetens} syn.&#8230; …

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