Read full poem →Now my brothers call from the bay,
Now the great winds shoreward blow,
Now the salt tides seaward flow;
Dictionary Entry
The side facing the shore.
In a Sentence
“The boat drifted shoreward as the tide pulled it closer to the beach.”
Origin
From Middle English shoreward, formed from shore + -ward.
Common Phrases
. shorewardside shorewardend shorewardshoreward turnedshoreward moveshoreward movingshoreward movedshoreward rolling
Synonyms
Poetry examples for “shoreward”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Awhile with self, and faltered,
“Why courting misadventure shoreward roam?
To Molly, surely! Seek the woods with her till times have altered;