coast

CEFRA2

/kəʊst/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The land beside the sea.

  2. 02

    verb

    To move without using power, especially downhill or in a vehicle.

Examples

  • The plane rose sharply before leveling off as it left the coast.

  • The trawler was fishing off the coast of Iceland.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /kost/
  • /koʊst/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A region of land; a district or country.

  2. The side or edge of something.

  3. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.

More examples

In context

  • Driving along the coast is wonderful.

  • And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call’d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction.

  • The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa. Compare typologically cape < Latin caput, ness (akin to nose), Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; …; cape, promontory, foreland, gore”), Macedonian ’рт (’rt), Serbo-Croatian рт (“cape, promontory, headland”) < Proto-Slavic *rъtъ (whence Russian рот (rot)).