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Coast

The side of a thing.

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Aspect 76% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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Glide 76% connected

The glede or kite.

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Panorama 76% connected

A complete view in every direction.

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Prospect 76% connected

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Shore 76% connected

of Shear

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Slope 76% connected

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Vista 76% connected

A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or o…

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Narrower term 6

Landfall 76% connected

A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

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Littoral 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

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Seaboard 76% connected

The seashore; seacoast.

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Seaside 76% connected

The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

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Skid 76% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Derivationally related 6

Coaster 74% connected

A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

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Coaster 74% connected

A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

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Slide 74% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

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Slide 74% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

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Slue 74% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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Slue 74% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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Glide 92% connected

The glede or kite.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Seacoast 92% connected

The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

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Seashore 92% connected

The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slide 92% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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