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Noun coast has 4 senses

seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast - the shore of a sea or ocean
--₁ is a kind of shore
--₁ has parts: foreshore
--₁ has particulars:
Barbary Coast; littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands; Aeolis, Aeolia; Atlantic Coast; Gulf Coast; landfall; Pacific Coast; seaside, seaboard
coast - a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"
--₂ is a kind of slope, incline, side
coast - the area within view; "the coast is clear"
--₃ is a kind of view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
slide, glide, coast - 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"
--₄ is a kind of motion, movement, move
--₄ has particulars: skid, slip, sideslip
Derived form: verb coast₁

Verb coast has 1 sense

coast - move effortlessly; by force of gravity
--₁ is one way to glide

Derived forms: noun coast₄, noun coaster₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP