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coast

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1. coast - Noun

2. coast - Verb

3. Coast - Proper noun

Meaning

The side of a thing.

The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.

The seashore, or land near it.

To draw or keep near; to approach.

To sail by or near the shore.

To sail from port to port in the same country.

To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.

To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

To conduct along a coast or river bank.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast. Viktor Frankl

Good evening Mr and Mrs America, from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press. Walter Winchell

But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast The breath of heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. William Cowper

Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, paid my price in paltry gold but, though theirs they have enroll'd me, minds are never to be sold. William Cowper

They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages! Alex Ferguson

The coast is clear. (17th century) English Proverb

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