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Complete Definition of "coast"

wikipedia|coast (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
From ME. and OF. coste, from L. costa

Pronunciation
kōst, /kəʊst/, /<tt>k@Ust</tt>/
audio|en-us-coast.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. The shoreline or oceanfront.

Translations
trans-top|shoreline
Afrikaans: kus, oewer
Albanian: breg, bregdet
Arabic: Arab|ساحل, Arab|شاطئ, Arab|تلة, Arab|هبوط تلة
Bosnian: t-|bs|obala|f
Bulgarian: морски бряг (morski brjat), крайбрежие (krajbrežie)
Catalan: t-|ca|costa|f
Chinese: 岸 (àn), 滨 (bīn)
Croatian: t-|hr|obala
Czech: t-|cs|pobřeží|n, t-|cs|břeh|m
Danish: t-|da|bred, t+|da|kyst
Dutch: kust, kustlijn, zeekant, zeekust
Esperanto: t-|eo|marbordo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: rand, rannik
Faeroese: strond
Finnish: merenrannikko, rannikko
French: t+|fr|côte
Frisian: igge
Georgian: ნაპირი (napiri), ზღვის პირი (zghvis piri)
German: Küste, Küstenland, Strand, Ufer
Greek: t|el|ακρογιαλιά|f|scGrek (akrogialiá), t|el|γιαλός|m|scGrek (gialós), t|el|ακτή|f|scGrek (aktē), t|el|παραλία|f|scGrek (paralía)
Hebrew: שְׂפַת הַיָּם, חוֹף יָם, חוֹף
Hindi: सीमा (sīmā), कनारा (kanāra), तट (tat.a), समुद्रतट (samudra-tat.a), सागरतट (sāgara-tat.a)
Hungarian: part, partvidék, tengerpart
Icelandic: t+|is|strönd
Indonesian: t+|id|pantai|xs=Indonesian
Irish: cósta
Italian: t+|it|costa, t+|it|costiera, t-|it|litorale
Japanese: JAchar|海岸 (かいがん) (kaigan)
Korean: 연안 (yŏnan), 해안 (hae'an)
trans-mid
Latin: limbus, ora, orarius, acta, litus
Latvian: krasts, piekraste
Lithuanian: pajūris
Mongolian: тэнгисийн эрэг (tėngisijn ėrėg), хаялга (chajalga), далайн эрэг (dalajn ėrėg), далайн хeвee (dalajn chevee)
Norwegian: t+|no|kyst
Old English: sæ-rima
Papiamentu: kanto, kantu, kosta
Persian: fa-Arab|ساحل (sāhel), fa-Arab|دریاکنار (daryā-kanār)
Polish: brzeg, wybrzeże, zjazd, tor bobslejowy
Portuguese: t+|pt|costa, t+|pt|beira
Romanian: coastă, ţărm de mare, coborâre la vale, liman, mal, limită, hotar
Russian: морской берег (mórskoj béreg), побережье (poberéžje)
Serbian:

Slovak: klesajúci, morský breh, nezaberajúci, plávať pozdĺž pobrežia, pobrežie, pobrežie mora, stúpajúci
Spanish: t+|es|costa|f, t-|es|litoral|m
Sranan: syoro, watrasey, sekanti
Swahili: t-|sw|pwani|xsSwahili, t-|sw|ufuko|xsSwahili, t-|sw|mapwa|xsSwahili, t-|sw|mapwaji|xsSwahili
Swedish: gräns mot hav, kälke, kälkbacksåkning, kust, strand
Tagalog: pampang, baybayin
Thai: ชายฝั่ง (chaai-fàng), ทางลาดเอียง (taang lâat-iang)
Turkish: sahıl, denız kenari, denız kiyisi, kiyi, kizak ıçın uygun yokuş, kizakla yokuştan kayma
Ukrainian: побережжя (poberéžžja)
Urdu: ur-Arab|کنارہ (kanāra), ur-Arab|تٹ (tat.a), ur-Arab|ساگرتٹ (sāgara-tat.a)
Uyghur: déngiz yaqisi
Vietnamese: bờ biển, đường lao, sự lao xuống, sự lao dốc
Welsh: arfordir, goror, mordir
Yiddish: t-|yi|breg|xs=Yiddish
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Derived terms
coastal
coaster

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb

  1. To glide along with no added energy.

#: When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

  1. nautical To sail along a coast

Anagrams
coats

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