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Offshore adj.

From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Located in the waters near the shore; as, offshore drilling.

Operating or located in a foreign country; as, an offshore bank account; offshore mutual funds.

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Etymology of 'Offshore'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Offshore" Quotes from Famous Books

... gold, we touched on the island, and we did some prospecting, a very little, before we were driven offshore. The dust in the poke is all we secured. We are going back for more, quite naturally. I can prove all this to you by the log. It is manifestly not doctored, for we imagined Mr. Lund dead. If we had been able to work the beach thoroughly, nothing would tempt me into going ...

— A Man to His Mate • J. Allan Dunn

... or resigned to the Altrurian diet, they were allowed to catch shell-fish and the crabs that swarmed along the sand and cook them, but on condition that they built their fires on the beach, and cooked only during an offshore wind, so that the fumes of the roasting should not ...

— Through the Eye of the Needle - A Romance • W. D. Howells

... traveled out to the river, with the glimmer here and there of a tug-boat, a little steamer, or the white sail of a pleasure craft. The blood of some seagoing ancestor stirred in his veins, and he thrilled at the thought of the days to come when his prow should be headed offshore. ...

— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger

Words linked to "Offshore" : marine, offshore rig, seaward