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coast - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'coast' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Coast [ n.]
- To draw or keep near; to approach.
- To sail by or near the shore.
- To sail from port to port in the same country.
- To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
2 . Coast [ v. t.]
- The side of a thing.
- The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.
- The seashore, or land near it.
- To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
- To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
- To conduct along a coast or river bank.

Meaning of 'coast' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . coast [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
Example in sentence:
  • his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill;
  • the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
Meaning (2):
- the area within view
Example in sentence:
  • the coast is clear
Meaning (3):
- a slope down which sleds may coast
Example in sentence:
  • when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course