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coast

coast

18 3.5
A smooth, easy movement along a surface, often downhill
  • noun
  • /koʊst/
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  • Nayla let the car coast down the hill and turned into the parking lot.

Examples

  • So I flew out from the coast this evening hoping I'd find you.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • It's just down the coast from Honfleur.

  • After a short trip, he turned the engine off and said, "The coast is clear, kids."

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I'd planned on making it to the coast.

  • "Let's go fishing for a week, or even two, off the coast of Maine.

    Blog text (18)
  • If you stop pedaling and just coast on level ground, you slow and eventually come to a rest.

    Blog text (14)
  • He died of a broken heart when she ran aground off the north coast.

  • Salvador da Bahia was founded in 1549 for the protection of the Brazilian coast against foreign invasion.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The Mutual Broadcasting System presents the Peabody Award-winning Larry King Show, network radio's most-listened-to coast-to-coast talk program.

  • The children enjoyed the thrill of the sled as they allowed it to coast down the snowy hill.

Synonyms

glide
vscoast
12 3.4

A smooth, continuous movement, for example by a skater or a glider

is movement kept in contact with a surface and driven by momentum
slide
vscoast
5 1.0

A smooth movement along a surface while staying in contact

is movement that uses momentum and contact often downhill

Antonyms

1.0

Move up using your hands and feet, for example on rocks

851 2.8

To try very hard to do or deal with something difficult

Idioms

85 1.9

In the sea near the shore

11 3.2

Safe to go because no one is watching

Compounds

145 2.4

The eastern coast of the United States from Boston to Washington DC

78 3.3

The western coastal area of the United States that includes California, Oregon, and Washington

67 2.7

A coastal area by the Gulf of Mexico in the southern United States known for beaches and fishing

A branch of the United States military that enforces laws at sea, rescues people, and protects its waters

The land along the Pacific Ocean on the western side of the Americas

Land next to the Atlantic Ocean, for example the east side of North America

The eastern coast of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean between Boston and Washington, DC

A branch of the US government that protects people at sea, rescues boats and crews, and stops illegal activity

1 6.3

A wealthy area by the coast with large, expensive houses

1 3.3

A part of the United States government that patrols coasts, enforces laws at sea, and rescues people

The western coastal region of the United States that stretches from Washington to southern California

1 5.6

A group of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America

1 7.1

The former name of the country now called Ghana when it was a British colony

1 1.1

Land next to the sea or ocean

coast redwood
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A very tall evergreen tree that grows near the Pacific coast of California and Oregon

A coastal region on the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa historically known for pirates

coast lily
  • Specialized
8.4

A lily with bright orange flowers that grows on the Pacific coast of the United States

coast live oak
  • Specialized
8.3

A short bushy evergreen tree that grows along the west coast of North America with small thick spiny leaves

A long range of high mountains along the Pacific coast of North America

coast polypody
  • Specialized
9.9

A fern with stiff leathery leaves that grows on rocky coasts

A medium-sized shrub with large pink flowers with brown spots that grows on the Pacific coast of North America

A slow-growing medium-sized evergreen tree with small flat leaves that grows along marshy East Coast shores

coast banksia
  • Australian
9.9

A bushy Australian tree near the coast with long leaves and yellow flower spikes that attract birds

coast boykinia
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that lives for many years with leaves mainly at the base and small white flowers

A coastal region in Antarctica south of Australia known for large penguin colonies

A region of North Africa along the Mediterranean known for pirates from the 1600s to 1800s

8.7

A city waterfront known for gambling, drinking, and crime in the late 1800s

7.4

A region by the Great Lakes with clean water and sandy beaches

The part of the United States along the Gulf of Mexico, including Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

8.7

Money used in Ivory Coast before 1945, replaced by the CFA franc

6.5

A nickname for the Great Lakes region around Lake Michigan, seen as a coast like the East or West coast

west coast hemlock
  • Specialized
7.9

A tall evergreen tree from western North America used for its wood

How Effortless

coast
18 3.5
stroll
92 1.2

Surface Forms

coast singular
coasts plural

Etymology

Coast as a noun for a smooth move comes from the verb that meant 'to glide', so a coast is the easy, momentum-driven movement itself, for example a quick ride down a hill.