English Explanatory Dictionary

coast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
  2. The side or edge of something.
  3. A region of land; a district or country.
  4. A region of the air or heavens.
verb
  1. To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
  2. To sail along a coast.
  3. To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
  4. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
  5. To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
  6. To conduct along a coast or river bank.
  7. To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
name
  1. A region of British Columbia, Canada.

Pronunciation

kōst /kəʊst/ /koʊst/ en-us-coast.ogg

Word forms

coast coasts coasting coasted the Coast

Etymology

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa. Compare typologically cape < Latin caput, ness (akin to nose), Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; …; cape, promontory, foreland, gore”), Macedonian ’рт (’rt), Serbo-Croatian рт (“cape, promontory, headland”) < Proto-Slavic *rъtъ (whence Russian рот (rot)).

Synonyms

hug the coastline British Columbia Coast BC Coast B.C. Coast B. C. Coast Coast of British Columbia Coast of BC Coast of B.C. Coast of B. C.

Related words

coast fox coast guard coast rat the coast is clear West Coast of Canada

Derived words

Acadian Coast Bass Coast Cape Coast Cassowary Coast Central Coast Coast coastal coastbound coasteering coaster Coast Guard coastguard coast guarder coastguarding coastland coastless coastline coast live oak Coast Salish coast spurge coast-to-coast coast to coast Coast Tsimshian coast waiter coastward coastwards coastwatcher coastwatching coastwide coastwise discoast downcoast East Coast Fraser Coast Fresh Coast Gold Coast Gulf Coast Ivory Coast Kapiti Coast left coast Limestone Coast Mediterranean coast fever Mexican west coast rattlesnake MidCoast Mid North Coast North Coast palaeocoast Palm Coast seacoast Silicon Valley of the East Coast Suncoast Sunshine Coast surfcoast Surf Coast Third Coast Trucial Coast Turquoise Coast upcoast West Coast West Coast Sound
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