1. (

• seashore ,
• coast ,
• seacoast ,
• sea-coast

) the shore of a sea or ocean ;

2. (

• coast ,

) a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course" ;

3. (

• coast

) the area within view; "the coast is clear" ;

4. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• coast

) move effortlessly; by force of gravity ;