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coast

  [kohst]
–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 effort has ceased; keep going on acquired momentum: We cut off the car engine and coasted for a while.
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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Origin:
1325–75; (n.) ME cost(e) < AF, MF < L costa rib, side, wall; (v.) ME cost(e)yen, costen < AF costeier, OF costoier, deriv. of the n.

Synonyms:
1. strand, seaside, littoral. See shore 1 .
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coast   (kōst)   
n.  

    1. Land next to the sea; the seashore.

    2. Coast The Pacific coast of the United States.

  2. A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled.

  3. The act of sliding or coasting; slide.

  4. Obsolete The frontier or border of a country.

v.   coast·ed, coast·ing, coasts

v.   intr.

    1. To slide down an incline through the effect of gravity.

    2. To move effortlessly and smoothly. See Synonyms at slide.

  2. To move without further use of propelling power.

  3. To act or move aimlessly or with little effort: coasted for a few weeks before applying for a job.

  4. Nautical To sail near or along a coast.

v.   tr. Nautical
To sail or move along the coast or border of.

[Middle English coste, from Old French, from Latin costa, side; see kost- in Indo-European roots.]
coast'al (kō'stəl) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

coast 
c.1125, from O.Fr. coste "shore, coast," from L. costa "a rib," developing a sense in M.L. of the shore as the "side" of the land. Fr. also used this word for "hillside, slope," which led to verb use of "sled downhill," first attested 1775 in Amer.Eng. Coaster "round stand for a decanter" is first attested 1887, possibly from a resemblance to sleds or because it "coasts" around the table to each guest after dinner.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

COAST
Cache On A STick

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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