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coast

UK/kəʊst/ US/koʊst/ common us
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

a slope down which sleds may coast

  • “when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course”
3.

the area within view

  • “the coast is clear”
4.

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

  • “his slide didn”
  • “;”
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verb

1.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Acadian Coast
  • Adélie Coast
  • Bass Coast
  • Cape Coast
  • Cassowary Coast
  • Central Coast
  • Coast Guard
  • coast guarder

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