coast meaning
EN
[koʊst] 
US WCoast
- A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, The term "coastal zone" is a region where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs. A pelagic coast refers to a coast which fronts the open ocean, as opposed to a more sheltered coast in a gulf or bay.
- NounPLcoasts
- VerbSGcoastsPRcoastingPT, PPcoasted
- VI To glide along without adding energy.
- When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.
- VI (nautical) To sail along a coast.
- Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.
- OBS To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
- OBS To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
- OBS To conduct along a coast or river bank.
- (US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- VI To glide along without adding energy.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He just coasts through life like it doesn't mean a thing.
- But the persistence of the camps appearing along the Normandy coast is a sympton of the failure of a wider European asylum policy.
- The three U.S. states on the west coast have favorable climates (i.e., warm winters and cool summers ).
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Nine riders [ … ] dropped out with injuries sustained in two crashes during the 136km trip from suburban Adelaide through the Clare Valley winegrowing region to Victor Harbour on the coast.
- Shoppers at supercenters are usually between the ages of 25 and 49, and more likely to live in the South or Midwest than on either coast.
- During the Crusade, they encountered the first batch of jihadists near the coast.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of coast for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "coast" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
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