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coast
coast C0434300 (kōst)n.1. a. Land next to the sea; the seashore.b. The water near this land: fish of the Atlantic coast.c. 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. a. To slide down an incline through the effect of gravity.b. To move without use of propelling power. See Synonyms at slide.2. To act or move aimlessly or with little effort: coasted for a few weeks before applying for a job.3. 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.coast (kəʊst) n1. (Physical Geography) a. the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of waterb. (in combination): coastland. 2. Brit the seaside3. (Individual Sports, other than specified) a. a slope down which a sledge may slideb. the act or an instance of sliding down a slope4. obsolete borderland or frontier5. the coast is clear informal the obstacles or dangers are gonevb6. to move or cause to move by momentum or force of gravity7. (intr) to proceed without great effort: to coast to victory. 8. (Nautical Terms) to sail along (a coast)[C13: from Old French coste coast, slope, from Latin costa side, rib] ˈcoastal adj ˈcoastally advcoast (koʊst)
n. 1. the land next to the sea; seashore. 2. the region adjoining it. 3. a slide or ride down a hill or slope, as on a sled. 4. the Coast, West Coast. 5. Obs. the boundary or border of a country. v.i. 6. to slide on a sled down a snowy or icy incline. 7. to descend a hill, as on a bicycle, without using pedals. 8. to continue to move on acquired momentum: We cut off the motor and coasted into town. 9. to progress with little or no effort: to coast through school. 10. Archaic. to sail along a coast. v.t. 11. to cause to move along under acquired momentum. 12. to proceed along the coast of. 13. Obs. to sail along the border of. Idioms: the coast is clear, nothing is present to impede or endanger one's progress. [1325–75; Middle English cost(e) < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin costa rib, side, wall] coast - First meant "side of the body," from Latin costa, "flank, rib, side."See also related terms for rib.beach shore">shore coast1. 'beach'A beach is an area along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river that is covered with sand or small stones. You can relax or play on a beach, or use it as a place to swim from. He walked along the beach.Children were building sandcastles on the beach.2. 'shore'Shore is a more general word for the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river. He swam towards the shore.3. 'coast'The coast is the border between the land and the sea, or the part of a country that is next to the sea. We stayed in a small village on the west coast of Scotland.There are industrial cities along the coast.coast
Past participle: coasted
Gerund: coasting
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| I coast | | you coast | | he/she/it coasts | | we coast | | you coast | | they coast |
| Preterite |
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| I coasted | | you coasted | | he/she/it coasted | | we coasted | | you coasted | | they coasted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am coasting | | you are coasting | | he/she/it is coasting | | we are coasting | | you are coasting | | they are coasting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have coasted | | you have coasted | | he/she/it has coasted | | we have coasted | | you have coasted | | they have coasted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was coasting | | you were coasting | | he/she/it was coasting | | we were coasting | | you were coasting | | they were coasting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had coasted | | you had coasted | | he/she/it had coasted | | we had coasted | | you had coasted | | they had coasted |
| Future |
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| I will coast | | you will coast | | he/she/it will coast | | we will coast | | you will coast | | they will coast |
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| I will have coasted | | you will have coasted | | he/she/it will have coasted | | we will have coasted | | you will have coasted | | they will have coasted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be coasting | | you will be coasting | | he/she/it will be coasting | | we will be coasting | | you will be coasting | | they will be coasting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been coasting | | you have been coasting | | he/she/it has been coasting | | we have been coasting | | you have been coasting | | they have been coasting |
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| I will have been coasting | | you will have been coasting | | he/she/it will have been coasting | | we will have been coasting | | you will have been coasting | | they will have been coasting |
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| I had been coasting | | you had been coasting | | he/she/it had been coasting | | we had been coasting | | you had been coasting | | they had been coasting |
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| I would coast | | you would coast | | he/she/it would coast | | we would coast | | you would coast | | they would coast |
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| I would have coasted | | you would have coasted | | he/she/it would have coasted | | we would have coasted | | you would have coasted | | they would have coasted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  coast - the shore of a sea or ocean seacoast, sea-coast, seashorelitoral, littoral, littoral zone, sands - the region of the shore of a lake or sea or oceanforeshore - the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water marklandfall - the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)seaboard, seaside - the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resortshore - the land along the edge of a body of watertideland - land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide | | 2. | coast - a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" | | 3. | coast - the area within view; "the coast is clear"panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene, prospect - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" | | 4. | coast - the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"glide, slidemovement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"sideslip, skid, slip - an unexpected slidesnowboarding - the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | | Verb | 1. | coast - move effortlessly; by force of gravityfreewheel - coast in a vehicle using the freewheelglide - move smoothly and effortlessly |
coastnoun1. shore, border, beach, strand, seaside, coastline, seaboard, littoral Camp sites are usually situated along the coast.Related words
adjective littoralverb1. cruise, sail, drift, taxi, glide, freewheel I slipped into neutral gear and coasted down the slope.coastverbTo pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface:drift, slide.Translationscoast (kəust) noun the side or border of land next to the sea. The coast was very rocky. 海岸 海岸 verb to travel downhill (in a vehicle, on a bicycle etc) without the use of any power such as the engine or pedalling. He coasted for two miles after the car ran out of petrol. (靠慣性)滑下山坡 （尤指不用动力向山坡下）滑行，惯性滑行 ˈcoastal adjective of or near the coast. a coastal town. 海岸的 海岸的ˈcoaster noun1. a vessel that sails along near the coast. 沿岸航行的船隻 沿海航船2. a small mat for putting under a drinking-glass etc. 杯墊 杯托ˈcoastguard noun a person or group of people, employed to watch the coast for smugglers, ships in distress etc. 海防隊 海岸警卫队coast
coast alongTo proceed with little effort. Because the route was mostly downhill, the car just coasted along. I'm worried that you're just coasting along through your senior year without taking your future seriously.See also: coastthe coast is clearIt is safe to proceed, typically because no one is present or nearby who may interfere. I don't see the security guard, so go ahead—the coast is clear.See also: clear, coastcoast to coast1. From one side of the country to the other. Typically refers to the United States, which is bordered by oceans in the East and West. I've never seen the Pacific Ocean before, thanks to growing up in Boston, so I'm excited to travel coast to coast this summer.2. Throughout the entire country. Typically refers to the United States, which is bordered by oceans in the East and West. This is not an isolated issue—it's affecting people coast to coast.3. slang In basketball, a term used to describe an offensive play in which a player travels from one end of the court to the other to score a basket. Boy, he is quick! He went coast to coast past all five defenders.See also: coastfrom coast to coast1. From one side of the country to the other. Typically refers to the United States, which is bordered by oceans in the East and West. I've never seen the Pacific Ocean before, thanks to growing up in Boston, so I'm excited to travel from coast to coast this summer.2. Throughout the entire country. Typically refers to the United States, which is bordered by oceans in the East and West. This is not an isolated issue—it's affecting people from coast to coast.3. slang In basketball, a term used to describe an offensive play in which a player travels from one end of the court to the other to score a basket. Boy, he is quick! He went from coast to coast past all five defenders.See also: coastleft coastThe west coast. (When looking at a map, west is to the left.) Primarily heard in US. I just think people are more chilled out on the left coast than they are anywhere else in the States.See also: coast, leftcoast alongto roll or move along with little or no effort. We just coasted along on the flat prairie. We coasted along until we came to the bottom of the hill.See also: coastcoast is clearThere is no visible danger. I'm going to stay hidden here until the coast is clear. You can come out of your hiding place now. The coast is clear.See also: clear, coastcoast-to-coastfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans (in the continental U.S.A.); all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (considered in either direction). My voice was once heard on a coast-to-coast radio broadcast. Our car made the coast-to-coast trip in eighty hours.coast is clear, theNo observers or authorities are present; one can proceed safely. For example, Let's make sure the coast is clear before we set up this surprise party. This expression may have originated among pirates and smugglers who were referring to the absence of coast guards, or with regard to a coastal military invasion, but no citations bear out these theories. By the late 1500s the term was used purely figuratively. See also: coastthe coast is clear If the coast is clear, you are able to do something, because nobody is there to see you doing it. `You can come out now,' he called. `The coast is clear. She's gone!' Midge stepped aside, nodding that the coast was clear, and Lettie ran through the lobby and up the main staircase. Note: This expression may refer to smugglers (= people who take things illegally into a country) sending messages that there were no coastguards near and it was safe to land or set sail. See also: clear, coastthe coast is clear there is no danger of being observed or caught. The coast is clear originally meant that there were no enemies guarding a sea coast who would prevent an attempt to land or embark.See also: clear, coastthe ˌcoast is ˈclear (informal) there is no one around to see or stop what you are doing: She looked left and right to make sure the coast was clear, then ran as fast as she could down the corridor.See also: clear, coastleft coast n. the west coast of the U.S. There is some weird stuff going on out on the left coast. See also: coast, leftcoast is clear, theThe authorities aren’t looking; one can proceed without fear of getting caught. Several writers hold that this term comes from the days of piracy and smuggling, when it declared the absence of coast guards. However, one of the earliest references dates from 1530, appearing in J. Palsgrave’s book about the French language: “The kynge intendeth to go to Calays, but we must first clere the costes.” By the late sixteenth century the term was also being used figuratively. Eric Partridge regarded it as a cliché from the eighteenth century on.See also: coastcoast
coast, land bordering an ocean or other large body of water. The line of contact between the land and water surfaces is called the shoreline. It fluctuates with the waves and tides. Sometimes the terms coast and shore are used synonymously, but often shore is interpreted to mean only the zone between the shorelines at high tide and low tide, and coast indicates a strip of land of indefinite width landward of the shore. Classically, coasts have been designated as submergent if they resulted from a rise in the relative sea level and emergent if they resulted from a decline. Young submergent coasts usually are irregular and have deep water offshore and many good harbors, either bays or estuaries. Much of the coast of New England and most of the Atlantic coast of Europe are young submergent coasts according to this classification scheme. Gradually the submergent coast, subjected to erosive attacks of the ocean and other agents, becomes mature. Headlands are worn back to form cliffs, at the base of which deposits of eroded material accumulate as fringing beaches; spits and bars also grow up from material that is carried by currents and deposited in deeper water. The shoreline is called mature when it is smooth, the headlands having been cut away and the bays either filled up or closed off by spits. Emergent shorelines usually have shallow water for some distance offshore. Such shorelines are found along the Atlantic coast of the SE United States and along part of the coast of Argentina, near the Río de la Plata. This classification system does not adequately describe many coasts, partly because many of them exhibit features of both submergence and emergence. Because of these and other problems a classification system that is based on the most recent and predominant geologic agent forming the coast has become popular. Under this scheme, there are essentially two major types of coasts. Primary coasts are youthful coasts formed where the sea rests against a land mass whose topography was formed by terrestrial agents. These coasts include land erosion coasts (Maine), volcanic coasts (Hawaii), deposition coasts (Nile Delta coast), and fault coasts (Red Sea). Secondary coasts are formed chiefly and most recently by marine agents, and may even be primary coasts that have been severely modified by wave action. These coasts include wave erosion coasts, marine deposition coasts, and coasts built by organisms (reefs and mangrove coasts). The nature of the coastline of a country or a state is an important factor in its economic development because it relates to defense, fishing, recreation, and overseas commerce. Bibliography See C. A. M. King, Beaches and Coasts (2d ed. 1972). COAST (kohst) An optical interferometer at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory.coast[kōst] (engineering) A memory feature on a radar which, when activated, causes the range and angle systems to continue to move in the same direction and at the same speed as that required to track an original target. (geography) The general region of indefinite width that extends from the sea inland to the first major change in terrain features. coast1. a. the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water b. (in combination): coastland 2. USa. a slope down which a sledge may slide b. the act or an instance of sliding down a slope COAST
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Related to Coast: monsoon, Coast to CoastCOAST. The margin of a country bounded by the sea. This term includes the natural appendages of the territory which rise out of the water, although they are not of sufficient firmness to be inhabited or fortified. Shoals perpetually covered with water are not, however, comprehended under the name of coast. The small islands, situate at the mouth of the Mississippi, composed of earth and trees drifted down by the river, which are not of consistency enough to support the purposes of life, and are uninhabited, though resorted to for shooting birds, were held to form a part of the coast. 5 Rob. Adm. R. 385. (c). COAST
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| COAST➣Crisis Outreach and Support Team (various locations) | | COAST➣College of Applied Science and Technology (various universities) | | COAST➣Cache on a Stick | | COAST➣Cache On A Stick (SRAM) | | COAST➣Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope | | COAST➣Computer Operations, Audit and Security Technology | | COAST➣Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology (vendors) | | COAST➣Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (New Hampshire, USA) | | COAST➣Coalition for Sustainable Transportation | | COAST➣Coastal Observation and Simulation with Topography | | COAST➣Consolidated Overseas Accountability Support Toolbox (US Department of State) | | COAST➣Consortium for Oceanographic Activities for Students and Teachers | | COAST➣Controller's Assistant | | COAST➣Cooperative Application Systems Technology | | COAST➣City of Aberdeen Swim Team (UK) | | COAST➣Course of Action Support Tool | | COAST➣Computer-Optimized Adaptive Suspension Technology | | COAST➣Course of Action Selection Tool | | COAST➣Computer Operations, Audit, and Security Technology lab | | COAST➣Course Of Action System Tool | | COAST➣Chip On A Stick |
coast
Related to coast: monsoon, Coast to CoastSynonyms for coastnoun shoreSynonyms- shore
- border
- beach
- strand
- seaside
- coastline
- seaboard
- littoral
verb cruiseSynonyms- cruise
- sail
- drift
- taxi
- glide
- freewheel
Synonyms for coastverb to pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surfaceSynonymsSynonyms for coastnoun the shore of a sea or oceanSynonyms- seacoast
- sea-coast
- seashore
Related Words- litoral
- littoral
- littoral zone
- sands
- foreshore
- landfall
- seaboard
- seaside
- shore
- tideland
noun a slope down which sleds may coastRelated Wordsnoun the area within viewRelated Words- panorama
- vista
- view
- aspect
- scene
- prospect
noun the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with itSynonymsRelated Words- movement
- move
- motion
- sideslip
- skid
- slip
- snowboarding
verb move effortlesslyRelated Words |