Near the shore.
inshore
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for inshore.
Editorial note
The attempts to inshore fabs to the USA is too little too late.
Quick take
Near the shore.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of inshore gathered in one view.
Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
Towards the shore.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for inshore.
adverb
Near the shore.
adjective
Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
adverb
Towards the shore.
adjective
Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land.
Example sentences
The attempts to inshore fabs to the USA is too little too late.
If the outflow dumps into a high enough current it might not remain in inshore waters.
It’s probably a question of whether wind currents could reliably take some well positioned humidity from water outlets further inshore.
You can't inshore industries from everyone and rely foreign debt to prop up the dollar.
If you move inshore and lose sight of the water, viewing the island over rooftops and such, it appears much more massive.
Factory trawlers don’t fish inshore reefs where artisanal fishermen tend to be active.
The inshore fisheries catch has declined 75% in 30 years in some areas.
The common blenny is an inshore fish that can spend brief periods out of the water, where it waits to surprise unsuspecting scientists.
Not sure if all the current water clarity across the lake can be attributed to them but the change inshore has been rapid and remarkable.
And maybe there was some contribution inshore, certainly I’ve heard complaints about this in Somalia.
Does wind technology inshore most of the supply chain?
A specific gripe with the inshore fleet was that cod quotas were set so low they could in some cases barely avoid hitting their quota limits very quickly fishing off the UK coast.
Quote examples
When the Gulf Stream weakens, less water is moved northward, causing water levels to rise inshore of the Gulf Stream, with models projecting a 15–20 cm rise by 2100 from this effect alone" It will be pretty uncomfortable to live in Europe.
If we were talking about the inshore fishery from before diesel engines, and powered winches, that was self regulated and seasonal, then it would be a different discussion, but as one inshore fisherman put it "there's no hungry fish to bite the hooks" we all know it's precarious at best, and NO ONE will be surprised much if the whole thing collapses for real.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use inshore in a sentence?
The attempts to inshore fabs to the USA is too little too late.
What does inshore mean?
Near the shore.
What part of speech is inshore?
inshore is commonly used as adverb, adjective.