About The Word Coast
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Coast
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What's The Definition Of Coast?
[n] the area within view; "the coast is clear"
[n] the shore of a sea or ocean [v] move effortlessly; by force of gravity Synonyms | Synonyms for Coast: seacoast | sea-coast | seashore Related Terms | Find terms related to Coast: abide | avalanche | bank | be a sideliner | be effortless | be painless | be still | beach | beam | berm | board | boat | border | bordure | brim | brink | broadside | brow | canoe | carry sail | cheek | chop | circumnavigate | coastland | coastline | cross | cruise | delay | do nothing | drift | edge | embankment | featheredge | flange | flank | flit | flow | fly | foreshore | frame | freeze | fringe | give no trouble | glide | glissade | glissando | go by ship | go easily | go like clockwork | go on shipboard | go to sea | hand | handedness | hang fire | haunch | hem | hibernate | hip | hug the shore | ice-skate | idle | ironbound coast | jowl | keep quiet | labellum | labium | labrum | landslide | landslip | laterality | ledge | lido | lie dormant | lie still | limb | limbus | lip | list | littoral | make a passage | many-sidedness | marge | margin | mark time | motorboat | multilaterality | navigate | not breathe | not budge | not stir | plage | planking | playa | ply | present no difficulties | profile | quarter | ragged edge | range the coast | remain | remain motionless | repose | rest | rim | riverside | riviera | rockbound coast | roll | roller-skate | row | run | run smoothly | sail | sail coast-wise | sail round | sail the sea | sands | scull | sea margin | seabank | seabeach | seaboard | seacliff | seacoast | seafare | seashore | seaside | selvage | shingle | shore | shoreline | side | sideline | sideslip | siding | sit back | sit it out | skate | skateboard | ski | skid | skim | skirt | skirt the shore | sled | sleigh | slidder | slide | slide down | slip | slippage | slither | snowslide | snowslip | stagnate | stand | stand fast | stand firm | stand still | stay | stay in soundings | stay put | steam | steamboat | stick | stick fast | strand | submerged coast | subsidence | sweep | take a voyage | take it easy | tarry | temple | tidewater | toboggan | traverse | tread water | unilaterality | vegetate | verge | voyage | wait and see | watch and wait | waterfront | waterside | work well | yacht See Also | Aeolia | Aeolis | aspect | Atlantic Coast | Barbary Coast | foreshore | freewheel | glide | landfall | litoral | littoral | littoral zone | Pacific Coast | panorama | prospect | sands | scene | seaboard | seaside | shore | view | vista Coast In Webster's Dictionary \Coast\, n. [OF. coste, F. c[^o]te, rib, hill, shore,
coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. {Accost}, v. t., {Cutlet}.]
1. The side of a thing. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton.
2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier
border. [Obs.]
From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the
uttermost sea, shall your coast be. --Deut. xi.
24.
3. The seashore, or land near it.
He sees in English ships the Holland coast.
--Dryden.
We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the
species blow. --Waller.
{The coast is clear}, the danger is over; no enemy in sight.
--Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. ``Seeing that the
coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus.'' --Sir P.
Sidney.
{Coast guard}.
(a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to
prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the
admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.]
(b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the
seacoast. [U. S.]
{Coast rat} (Zo["o]l.), a South African mammal ({Bathyergus
suillus}), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its
extensive burrows; -- called also {sand mole}.
{Coast waiter}, a customhouse officer who superintends the
landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]
\Coast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coasting}.] [OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier, costoier, F. c[^o]toyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. c[^o]te. See {Coast}, n.] 1. To draw or keep near; to approach. [Obs.] Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. --Shak. 2. To sail by or near the shore. The ancients coasted only in their navigation. --Arbuthnot. 3. To sail from port to port in the same country. 4. [Cf. OF. coste, F. c[^o]te, hill, hillside.] To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.] \Coast\, v. t. 1. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. 2. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of. Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. --Sir T. Browne. 3. To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.] The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. --Hakluyt. |
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