coast

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kōst (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊst/ (General American) IPA(key): /koʊst/ (Australian) IPA(key): /kəʉst/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɐʉst/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kost/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /koːst/ Rhymes: -əʊst === Etymology 1 === From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa. Compare typologically cape < Latin caput, ness (akin to nose), Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; …; cape, promontory, foreland, gore”), Macedonian ’рт (’rt), Serbo-Croatian рт (“cape, promontory, headland”) < Proto-Slavic *rъtъ (whence Russian рот (rot)). ==== Noun ==== coast (plural coasts) The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.] (obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th–18th c.] 1730, Isaac Newton, Opticks, 4th ed., London: […] William Innys […], page 331: And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call’d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th–17th c.] (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th–17th c.] ===== Hypernyms ===== (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): shore, shoreline ===== Hyponyms ===== (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): oceanfront, seashore ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) […] (modern French côtoyer (“to pass alongside; (figuratively) to rub shoulders”)), from Latin costicāre, from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”); see further at etymology 1. ==== Verb ==== coast (third-person singular simple present coasts, present participle coasting, simple past and past participle coasted) (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast. Synonym: hug the coastline (intransitive, figurative) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort. (intransitive, obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. (transitive, obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank. (US, Canada, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === coast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia coast (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Ascot, Casto, Coats, Costa, Cotas, Sacto, ascot, catso, coats, costa, octas, scato-, tacos