coast
the shore of a sea or ocean
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,005 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,950 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the shore of a sea or ocean also: seashore, seacoast, sea-coast
- a slope down which sleds may coast when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course
- the area within view the coast is clear
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it also: slide, glide his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hillthe children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
verb
- move effortlessly; by force of gravity
coast in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Elba, an island in the Mediterranean, on the coast of Italy.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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From Valencia, the homeward course will be continued, skirting along the coast of Spain.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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I was promised two pupils if I would take a house somewhere on this coast.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Mr. SM-TH, for example, does not go to the House of Lords, nor Mr. G-SCH-N to the Gold Coast.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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But I soon discovered she was a Portuguese ship, as I thought bound to the coast of Guinea for Negroes.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1