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on shore

adverb as in ashore

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On-shore winds from the Irish Sea can be a problem at times.

I would rather it blew, if it wasn't for exploring those gaps, where an on-shore wind would be nasty.

An awkward thing you'd find it, to catch an on-shore wind at the head of the Bay of Biscay.

Though the wind was blowing an on-shore gale, there was but little combing, and when there was any it lasted but a second.

The winter monsoon is off-shore and the summer monsoon on-shore under typical conditions, as in India.

What wind there was blew dead on-shore, which was not as the skipper would have had it.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to on shore, such as: aground, beached, on dry land, on land, and shorewards.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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