Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

    When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

    gleiten, ohne zu treten

  2. (intransitive)To sail along a coast.

    segeln

  3. (figuratively, intransitive)To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.

  4. (Canada, US, dialectal)To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.

  7. (obsolete, transitive)To conduct along a coast or river bank.

More definitions
  • move effortlessly; by force of gravity

Examples

260 sentences
  1. Tom lived on the west coast.

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  2. The town is two miles away from the coast.

    ruГород расположен в двух милях от побережья.

    deDie Stadt liegt zwei Meilen von der Küste entfernt.

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  3. We went to the coast for our summer vacation.

    ruНа летние каникулы мы отправились на побережье.

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  4. How far is it from here to the coast?

    deWie weit ist es von hier zur Küste?

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  5. As far as I can tell, the coast is clear.

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Translations

7 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to glide along with no added energy:
to sail along a coast:

Origin

From Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (somethi

From Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) […] (modern French côtoyer (“to pass alongside; (figuratively) to rub shoulders”)), from Latin costicāre, from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”); see further at etymology 1.

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Forms

coasts, coasting, coasted, coasted
Base formcoast · to coast
3rd person singularcoasts
Present participlecoasting
Past simplecoasted
Past participlecoasted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycoast
he, she, itcoasts

Past simpleLesson

all personscoasted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coasted
he, she, ithas coasted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill coast

Synonyms

1 synonyms
hug the coastline

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcoaster

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the west coast
  • along the coast
  • west coast

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coast — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto