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where the sea sneaks inland and pretends it was invited.
means A narrow strip of water reaching from a larger body, like a sea or lake, into the land, or an opening through which something enters.
from A plain compound of "in" and "let," where "let" carries its old sense of "a letting in" — from the verb "let," meaning to allow or permit, the same root that gives us "outlet." So an inlet is quite literally a place that lets water in.
word originLiterally a place where water lets in
shelter valueCalm inlets birthed harbors, ports, whole cities
engine roleEngines have inlets too, gulping air to burn
tidal trickNarrow inlets amplify tides into roaring currents
shifting shapeStorms can carve new inlets overnight