Definition of
Coast
- (noun, act) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope - (noun, cognition) the area within view
- (noun, object) a slope down which sleds may coast
- (noun, object) the shore of a sea or ocean
- (verb, motion) move effortlessly; by force of gravity
- (noun, act) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
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Alternate forms of Coast
Derivations: coast, coastal, coaster
Hyponyms: freewheel, landfall, litoral, littoral, littoral zone, sands, seaboard, seaside, sideslip, skid, slip, snowboarding, tideland
Hypernyms: aspect, glide, incline, motion, move, movement, panorama, prospect, scene, shore, side, slope, view, vista
Origin of the word 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. more
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Words that sound like Coast
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