inshorePronunciation: /ɪnˈʃɔː, ˈɪnʃɔː/Translate inshore | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of inshore adjective at sea but close to the shore:inshore waters around Shetland used at sea but close to the shore:an inshore lifeboat adverb towards or closer to the shore:birds heading inshore to their breeding sitesPhrases inshore of nearer to shore than. inshore in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of inshore in the US English dictionary