coast

Nouns

  • (n) the shore of a sea or ocean seacoast, sea-coast, seashore,
  • (n) a slope down which sleds may coast
    • when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course
  • (n) the area within view
    • the coast is clear
  • (n) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
    • his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
    • the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
    glide, slide,

Verbs

  • (v) move effortlessly; by force of gravity

Synonyms

seacoast sea-coast seashore glide slide

Words of close approximity

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