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• onshore — [än′shôr΄] adj. 1. moving onto or toward the shore [an onshore breeze] 2. situated or operating on land [an onshore patrol] adv. toward the shore; landward …   English World dictionary

• onshore — /on shawr , shohr , awn /, adv. 1. onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water: a breeze blowing onshore. 2. in or on a body of water, close to or parallel with the shore: to sail a boat onshore. 3. on land, esp. within the area… …   Universalium

• breeze — Synonyms and related words: air, ball the jack, barrel, blast, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, blow up, blubber, bluster, boom, bowl along, breath, breeze along, breeze up, brew, brush, butter, carry by storm, cinch, clay,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• breeze — n 1. zephyr, gentle or light wind, Naut. cat s paw; breath, puff of air, whiff, whiffet; waft, current of air, draft, gust, Rare. flurry, blow; sea breeze, lake breeze, land breeze, onshore breeze. 2.Slang. bat or shoot the breezea. chat, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• onshore — on•shore [[t]ˈɒnˈʃɔr, ˈʃoʊr, ˈɔn [/t]] adv. 1) onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water 2) on land, esp. within the area adjoining a port; ashore 3) moving or proceeding toward shore or onto land from a body of water: an onshore …   From formal English to slang

• Breeze — can refer to: * Sea breeze, an onshore afternoon wind, caused by warm air rising over the land in sunny weather * Breeze or Breeze Card, a stored value smart card used as part of an automated fare collection system in Atlanta, Georgia *… …   Wikipedia

• Onshore — This article is about finance. For onshore winds, see sea breeze. For land based fossil fuels, see Onshore (hydrocarbons). Onshore is a term used in finance to denote the jurisdiction in which a company is domiciled and in which it pays a… …   Wikipedia

• breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… …   Word origins

• Sea breeze — For other uses, see Sea Breeze (disambiguation) and Bay breeze (disambiguation). A: Sea breeze, B: Land breeze …   Wikipedia

• Summer 2008 California wildfires — Infobox wildfire title= 2008 California wildfires caption= The wildfires as seen from space. location= California cost= date= June 6, 2008 ongoing source= Lightning, human caused acres= convert|2589930|acre|km2|0… …   Wikipedia