ONSHORE

• (adj.) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land

  "an inshore breeze", "an onshore gale", "sheltered from seaward winds"

  synonyms : inshore , seaward , shoreward

• (adverb) on or toward the land

  "they were living onshore"

• (adj.) on the edge of the land

  "an onshore lighthouse"

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