oceanwardsadv.
/ˈəʊʃnwədz/, U.S. /ˈoʊʃənwərdz/ = oceanward adv.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adverb] > towards ocean
oceanwards1855
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 7 Swift as eagle pouncing, drops Oceanwards.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 11 Therefore my gold shall buy us Bordeaux swords And Bordeaux wine as we go oceanwards.
1974 Nature 10 May 128/1 The ancestors of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) subpopulation which now travels 2,000 km from Brazil to breed at Ascension Island, were induced to swim oceanwards for increasing distances.
1992 Americas (Nexis) Nov. 30 The fields..spilling oceanwards and, to the east, reaching the skirts of the first snows.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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