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(plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

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(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.

(informal) A distance.

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“We still have a ways to go with patterns.”

“You still have a ways to go with everything,” I told him.

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An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.

A car is a means of transport .

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Resources; riches.

He was living beyond his means .

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