inshore adjective 2adverb 2 adjective2 •Close to (especially in sight of) a shore. •Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land. adverb2 •Near the shore.The sunset's roses faint and fain decline. Inshore the still sea shimmers scale on scale, Like an enormous coat of magic mail — Sheet silver shot with tremulous opaline. — 1875 •Towards the shore.It is now believed that many species of sharks come inshore at night to feed and, therefore, that attacks made during the day are not related to the feeding process. — 1983
