onshore

onshore
adv
1. landward, landwards, coastward, coastwards, shoreward, toward the land or coast or shore, inland; off or away from the water or sea or lake; with the waves.
2. coastwise, along the coast, following the coast, hugging the shore, Archaic. coastways.
3. ashore, into or at a port or harbor or dock or pier; tied up, on land.
adj
4. landward, shoreward, coastward, inland.
5. littoral, shore, shoreline, coastal; on shore, on land, on the beach, on terra firma; docked, in port, landed, Naut. beached, aground, grounded, shoaled, stranded, marooned, high and dry.

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