COAST

Pronunciation (US):

• COAST (noun)
  The noun COAST has 4 senses:

1. the shore of a sea or ocean
2. a slope down which sleds may coast
3. the area within view
4. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

  Familiarity information: COAST used as a noun is uncommon.

• COAST (verb)
  The verb COAST has 1 sense:

1. move effortlessly; by force of gravity

  Familiarity information: COAST used as a verb is very rare.

• COAST (noun)

Meaning:

The shore of a sea or ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

seashore; seacoast; sea-coast; coast

Hypernyms ("coast" is a kind of...):

shore (the land along the edge of a body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "coast"):

foreshore (the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coast"):

tideland (land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide)

litoral; littoral; littoral zone; sands (the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean)

seaboard; seaside (the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort)

landfall (the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water))

Instance hyponyms:

Pacific Coast (a coast of the Pacific Ocean)

Gulf Coast (a coast of the Gulf of Mexico)

Atlantic Coast (a coast of the Atlantic Ocean)

Aeolia; Aeolis (ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos))

Barbary Coast (the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates)

Meaning:

A slope down which sleds may coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course

Hypernyms ("coast" is a kind of...):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Meaning:

The area within view

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the coast is clear

Hypernyms ("coast" is a kind of...):

aspect; panorama; prospect; scene; view; vista (the visual percept of a region)

Meaning:

The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

glide; coast; slide

Context examples:

his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill / the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope

Hypernyms ("coast" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coast"):

sideslip; skid; slip (an unexpected slide)

snowboarding (the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard)

• COAST (verb)

Meaning:

Move effortlessly; by force of gravity

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "coast" is one way to...):

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coast"):

freewheel (coast in a vehicle using the freewheel)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP