coast

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From Middle English and Old French coste, from Latin costa

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Singular
coast

Plural
coasts

coast (plural coasts)

  1. The shoreline or oceanfront.

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Infinitive
to coast

Third person singular
coasts

Simple past
coasted

Past participle
coasted

Present participle
coasting

to coast (third-person singular simple present coasts, present participle coasting, simple past and past participle coasted)

  1. (intransitive) To glide along with no added energy.
    When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.
  2. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast
  3. Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.

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