oceanwardadv.adj.
/ˈəʊʃnwəd/, U.S. /ˈoʊʃənwərd/ A. adv.
Towards or in the direction of the ocean.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > directed towards ocean
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1833 Westmorland Gaz. & Kendal Advertiser 16 Sept. But on he sleeps, nor recks the glow That dances on the rippling wave, As ocean-ward its waters flow.
1855 J. H. Bryant Poems 25 Rest sweetly in the moonlight o'er the vales, And the calm river tells a peaceful tale As it moves oceanward.
1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 Feb. 112/2 For centuries oceanward it has flowed on.
1929 R. Kipling Poems 1886–1929 iii. 341 One silent swart, swift-striding camel, oceanward wending.
a1962 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1988) I. 190 After the child slept, after the leopard-footed evening Had glided oceanward, California..glided from the house.
1984 R. Silverberg Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (1984) 209 That evening dense drifts of balloons, hundreds of them, flew oceanward above him.
B. adj.
Moving or directed towards the ocean.
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1902 N.E.D. (at cited word) The oceanward view is better than the landward.
1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics viii. 147 The oceanward side of the island arc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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