Definizione monolingua

coast

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

1. (intransitive) To glide along without adding 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.

coast (plural coasts)

1. (obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th-18th c.]
2. The edge of the land where it meets the sea; the shoreline or oceanfront. [from 14th c.]
3. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

     Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof [...].

   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:

     P. Crescentius, in his lib. 1 de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast, good air, wind, etc.

4. (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:

     the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell [...].

Definizione dizionario coast

	costa
	shoreline
	Una linea o zona dove la terra incontra il mare o una larga estensione d'acqua.
	A line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water.

	litorale
	shoreline

	riva
	Una linea o zona dove la terra incontra il mare o una larga estensione d'acqua.
	A line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water.

	costiera
	shoreline

bordo

cabotare

marina

riviera

spiaggia

sponda

Altri significati:

(obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th-18th c.]

(obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th-17th c.]

(intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast

The edge of the land where it meets the sea; the shoreline or oceanfront. [from 14th c.]

(intransitive) To glide along without adding energy.

(obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th-17th c.]

To sail along a coast

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.