ˈshorewards,adv. = shoreward 2 adv. 1837Macdougall tr.Graah's E. Coast Greenland 114 There is a considerable suction, so to say, of this current shorewards.1849M. Arnold Forsaken Merman 4 Now the great winds shorewards blow.1889C. Edwardes Sardinia 349 It tends shorewards.