coast (n.)

  1. the shore of a sea or ocean

    [ Syn: seashore , seacoast , sea-coast ]

  2. a slope down which sleds may coast; when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course'

  3. the area within view; the coast is clear'

  4. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; his slide didnt stop until the bottom of the hill; the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope

    [ Syn: slide , glide ]

    coast (v.)

  1. move effortlessly; by force of gravity

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