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coast
[ kohst ]
noun
- the land next to the sea; seashore:
the rocky coast of Maine.
- the region adjoining it:
They live on the coast, a few miles from the sea.
- a hill or slope down which one may slide on a sled.
- a slide or ride down a hill or slope, as on a sled.
- Obsolete. the boundary or border of a country.
- 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)
- to slide on a sled down a snowy or icy hillside or incline.
- to descend a hill or the like, as on a bicycle, without using pedals.
- 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.
- to advance or proceed with little or no effort, especially 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.
- to sail along, or call at the various ports of, a coast.
- Obsolete. to proceed in a roundabout way.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to move along under acquired momentum:
to coast a rocket around the sun.
- to proceed along or near the coast of.
- Obsolete. to keep alongside of (a person moving).
- Obsolete. to go by the side or border of.
coast
/ kəʊst /
noun
- littoral
- the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water
- ( in combination )
coastland
- the seaside
- a slope down which a sledge may slide
- the act or an instance of sliding down a slope
- obsolete.borderland or frontier
- the coast is clear informal.the obstacles or dangers are gone
verb
- to move or cause to move by momentum or force of gravity
- intr to proceed without great effort
to coast to victory
- to sail along (a coast)
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Derived Forms
- ˈcoastally, adverb
- ˈcoastal, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coast1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coast1
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Idioms and Phrases
- 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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Example Sentences
Groups like the Crips and MS-13 have spread from coast to coast, and even abroad.
This approach would greatly limit his appeal beyond the Northeast and the west coast.
There are still large tracts of the island, particularly on the north coast, that are undeveloped.
So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.
White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Every day they are gaining more strength, as is seen by the presence of so many of them on this coast.
New France has an exceedingly varied sea-coast, indented by bays and rivers, broken and irregular.
A traveler coming, wet and cold, into a country ale-house on the coast of Kent, found the fire completely blockaded.
Their territory extended 400 miles on the Atlantic coast, and "from the Atlantic westward to the South sea."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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