<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the land next to the sea; seashore</li><li>the rocky coast of Maine</li><li>littoral</li><li>seaside</li><li>strand</li><li>the region adjoining it</li><li>They live on the coast, a few miles from the sea.</li><li>a hill or slope down which one may slide on a sled.</li><li>a slide or ride down a hill or slope, as on a sled.</li><li>Obsolete. the boundary or border of a country.</li><li>the Coast, Informal. (in the U.S. and Canada) the region bordering on the Pacific Ocean; the West Coast</li><li>I'm flying out to the Coast next week.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used without object) to slide on a sled down a snowy or icy hillside or incline.</p></li><li><p>to descend a hill or the like, as on a bicycle, without using pedals.</p></li><li><p>to continue to move or advance after effort has ceased; keep going on acquired momentum: We cut off the car engine and coasted for a while.</p></li><li><p>to advance or proceed with little or no effort, especially owing to one's actual or former assets, as wealth, position, or name, or those of another: The actor coasted to stardom on his father's name.</p></li><li><p>to sail along, or call at the various ports of, a coast.</p></li><li><p>Obsolete. to proceed in a roundabout way.</p></li><li><p>(used with object) to cause to move along under acquired momentum: to coast a rocket around the sun.</p></li><li><p>to proceed along or near the coast of.</p></li><li><p>Obsolete. to keep alongside of (a person moving).</p></li><li><p>Obsolete. to go by the side or border of.</p></li></ul>