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[ on-shawr, -shohr, awn- ] / ˈɒnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, ˈɔn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR onshore ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbonto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water: a breeze blowing onshore. in or on a body of water, close to or parallel with the shore: to sail a boat onshore. on land, especially within the area adjoining a port; ashore: to land and shop onshore. adjectivemoving or proceeding toward shore or onto land from a body of water: an onshore breeze. located on or close to the shore: an onshore lighthouse; an onshore buoy. done or taking place on land: onshore liberty for the crew. verb (used with or without object)Origin of onshoreFirst recorded in 1500–75; on + shore1 OTHER WORDS FROM onshoreon·shor·ing, nounWords nearby onshoreon-screen, on-seam, on-season, on second thought, onset, onshore, onshoring, onside, onside kick, on sight, on-site Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for onshoreIt would support efforts to “onshore” production and leverage private capital to modernize transport and other public systems. How Democrats Can Recover|Will Marshall|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Wilmar, however, claimed that onshore turbines are less reliant on subsidies and more cost-effective than those built in the sea. Prince Philip’s Green Gaffe on ‘Useless’ Wind Farms|Tom Sykes|November 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST Undoubtedly an onshore wind and a flood-tide bring sand into the lower reaches, for the men find it in the dredges. A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides "Watchin' out for evidence in a law case, probably," growled Cap'n Sproul, the fear of onshore artfulness ever with him. The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
When we got on board the boat, we found that all the women had taken refuge in it, thinking that they had seen Indians onshore. Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh|Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch Onshore, we had the sail spread so as to shelter us against the wind and dew. The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman Many a time I had to clear off the land, so to speak, against an onshore gale with my barge and family. A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides
British Dictionary definitions for onshore
adjective, adverbtowards the landan onshore gale on land; not at sea Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to onshoreashore, inshore, aground, inland |