"shorewards" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)dz Etymology: shore + -wards Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shore|wards}} shore + -wards Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} shorewards (not comparable)
  1. towards the shore Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-shorewards-en-adv-R2add2od Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wards

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        {
          "ref": "1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet",
          "text": "Then it all came back, and I was a boy again on the trawler, creeping shorewards in the light breeze of an August night, and watching that friendly twinkle from the Manor woods above the village.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1899, Mrs. Cashel Hoey, An Antarctic Mystery",
          "text": "The men rowed shorewards, but were stopped by four canoes carrying armed men, \"new men\" the narrative calls them.",
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        }
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