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West Definition–noun | 1. | a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W |
| 2. | the direction in which this point lie
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| 3. | (usually initial capital letter ) a region or territory situated in this direction, esp. the western part of the U.S., as distinguished from the East: a vacation trip through the West. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter) the western part of the world, as distinguished from the East or Orient; the Occident. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter) the non-Communist countries of Western Europe and the Americas. |
–adjective | 6. | directed or proceeding toward the west. |
| 7. | coming from the west: a west wind. |
| 8. | lying toward or situated in the west. |
| 9. | Ecclesiastical. designating, lying toward, or in that part of a church opposite to and farthest from the altar. |
–adverb | 10. | to, toward, or in the west: The car headed west. |
| 11. | from the west: The wind blew west. |
—Idiom| 12. | go west, Informal. to die. |
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Coast Definition–noun | 1. | the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine. |
| 2. | the region adjoining it: They live on the coast, a few miles from the sea. |
| 3. | a hill or slope down which one may slide on a sled. |
| 4. | a slide or ride down a hill or slope, as on a sled. |
| 5. | Obsolete. the boundary or border of a country. |
| 6. | the Coast, Informal. (in the U.S. and Canada) the region bordering on the Pacific Ocean; the West Coast: I'm flying out to the Coast next week. |
–verb (used without object) | 7. | to slide on a sled down a snowy or icy hillside or incline. |
| 8. | to descend a hill or the like, as on a bicycle, without using pedals. |
| 9. | to continue to move or advance after effor
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| 10. | to advance or proceed with little or no effort, esp. owing to one's actual or former assets, as wealth, position, or name, or those of another: The actor coasted to stardom on his father's name. |
| 11. | to sail along, or call at the various ports of, a coast. |
| 12. | Obsolete. to proceed in a roundabout way. |
–verb (used with object) | 13. | to cause to move along under acquired momentum: to coast a rocket around the sun. |
| 14. | to proceed along or near the coast of. |
| 15. | Obsolete. to keep alongside of (a person moving). |
| 16. | Obsolete. to go by the side or border of. |
—Idiom| 17. | the coast is clear, no danger or impediment exists; no persons are in the path or vicinity: The boys waited until the coast was clear before climbing over the wall. |
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Chopper Definition–noun | 1. | a person or thing that chops. |
| 2. | a short ax with a large blade, used for cutting up meat, fish, etc.; butcher's cleaver. |
| 3. | a prehistoric implement made by striking flakes off one or both sides of a stone, considered the oldest known worked stone tool. |
| 4. | choppers, Slang. the teeth. |
| 5. | Informal. a helicopter. |
| 7. | a device for interrupting an electric current or a beam of light at regular intervals. |
–verb (used without object) | 8. | Informal. | a. | to travel by helicopter: We choppered into midtown from the airport. |
| b. | to travel by motorcycle. |
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