Coast1. (n.) The side of a thing.
2. (n.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.
3. (n.) The seashore, or land near it.
4. (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.
5. (n.) To sail by or near the shore.
6. (n.) To sail from port to port in the same country.
7. (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
8. (v. t.) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
9. (v. t.) To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
10. (v. t.) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
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