shorewards
Heading for beach
Shorewards means toward the shore: The tide carried the boat shorewards.
The word is somewhat literary; in everyday speech, people more often say "toward shore" or "toward the beach." Also spelled shoreward, which doubles as an adjective: a shoreward current.
Toward the shore
- inwardToward the inside
- approachWay of handling something
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- headingDirectional course traveled
progress · advance · homeward · return · closing · nearing · drawing · pulling
Sandy waterside margin
- sandFine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
tide · strand · cove · bay · headland · bluffs · rockpool · breakers
landward
Toward the shore
heading · progress · advance · homeward · return · closing · nearing · drawing · pulling · washing
beach
Sandy waterside margin
waves · tide · strand · cove · bay · headland · bluffs · rockpool · breakers · surf
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
shelter · mooring · refuge · lee · cove · inlet · marina · dock · pier · quay
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- helmVessel's steering mechanism
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
buoy · anchor · bearing · course · sail · windward · leeward · starboard · portside · mariner