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coast
/koʊst/
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What does coast mean?
noun
- The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
verb
- To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
- To sail along a coast.
More meanings (9)
verb
- (figuratively) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
- To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- (obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
- (obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
- (obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
proper noun
- A region of British Columbia, Canada.
noun
- (obsolete) The side or edge of something.
- (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.
- (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.
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IPA pronunciation
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Percy was in danger, and she could not go to him, because the wind happened to blow from the coast of France.
I was greatly elated with my new command, and pleased with the bright, sunshiny weather and these different prospects of the coast.
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What an indescribable spectacle, and what variety of sites and landscapes along these sandbanks and volcanic islands which bound the Libyan coast!
At the time of which I am now writing, there were slaves there who had been brought from the coast of Africa.
Several thousand had been sent out, most of whom had settled at Monrovia, and a few at other places on the coast.