coast
1. the shore of a sea or ocean (Freq. 20)
• Syn:
seashore, seacoast, sea-coast
• Derivationally related forms:
coastal
• Hypernyms:
shore
• Hyponyms:
littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands, landfall,
seaside, seaboard, tideland
• Instance Hyponyms:
Barbary Coast, Aeolis, Aeolia, Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast
• Part Meronyms:
foreshore
2. a slope down which sleds may coast
- when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, side
3. the area within view
- the coast is clear
• Hypernyms:
view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
4. 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
• Syn:
slide, glide
• Derivationally related forms:
glide (for: glide), slide (for: slide)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move
• Hyponyms:
skid, slip, sideslip, snowboarding
move effortlessly;
by force of gravity (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
coaster
• Hypernyms:
glide
• Hyponyms:
freewheel
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
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