onshore

[ on-shawr, -shohr, awn- ]

adverb

1. onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water:

   a breeze blowing onshore.

2. in or on a body of water, close to or parallel with the shore:

   to sail a boat onshore.

3. on land, especially within the area adjoining a port; ashore:

   to land and shop onshore.

adjective

1. moving or proceeding toward shore or onto land from a body of water:

   an onshore breeze.

2. located on or close to the shore:

   an onshore lighthouse; an onshore buoy.

3. done or taking place on land:

   onshore liberty for the crew.

verb (used with or without object)

1. reshore ( def ).

onshore

/ ˈɒnˈʃɔː /

adjective

1. towards the land

   an onshore gale

2. on land; not at sea

Other Words From

• on·shor·ing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of onshore¹

First recorded in 1500–75; on + shore ¹

Example Sentences

The price of electricity from new onshore wind power plants fell 70 percent in the last decade.

From Singularity Hub 

It holds minority stakes in three Gulf of Mexico fields, as well as onshore fields in the Barnett shale basin in Texas and the Utica basin in Ohio.

From Washington Post

Persistent onshore flow kept us in cloud cover today, holding temperatures a good 10 degrees cooler than on Saturday.

From Washington Post

Meanwhile, the People’s Bank of China has not sought to weaken the renminbi even after large rallies for both the onshore and internationally traded versions of the currency.

From Ozy

Well costs there would be among the highest anywhere onshore in the US.

From Popular-Science

It would support efforts to “onshore” production and leverage private capital to modernize transport and other public systems.

From The Daily Beast

Wilmar, however, claimed that onshore turbines are less reliant on subsidies and more cost-effective than those built in the sea.

From The Daily Beast

“If you go offshore it costs you twice as much as being onshore because you have to lay foundations in the sea,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

"Watchin' out for evidence in a law case, probably," growled Cap'n Sproul, the fear of onshore artfulness ever with him.

From Project Gutenberg

The wind was directly onshore, and it was a fight to stand against it, let alone to haul such a heavy truck through the wet sand.

From Project Gutenberg

And, if coast stations are selected, either onshore or offshore winds should alone be included in one exercise.

From Project Gutenberg

The sea breeze is a wind from the ocean onshore, while the land breeze blows offshore.

From Project Gutenberg

In the afternoon there was a strong breeze, which, although fair, was rather too much onshore and raised a heavy sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ashore