COAST
What does "COAST" mean?
The land along the edge of a sea or ocean.
Meanings
- The strip of land bordering the sea; the shoreline of a country or region. They drove the whole length of the western coast.
- To move smoothly without using power, carried by momentum or gravity. She switched off the engine and let the car coast down the hill.
- To make easy progress without much effort. He coasted through the easy questions and slowed at the hard ones. figurative
Did you know?
- The coast and your rib cage are linguistic cousins: both come from Latin 'costa' (rib, side), the coast being the 'side' of the land that meets the sea.
Word origin
From Latin 'costa' (rib, side), via Old French 'coste,' originally meaning the side of a thing and later the side of the land where it meets the sea.
Remember it
To COAST is to let momentum carry you - and the word once just meant the 'side' (Latin costa) where land slides into sea.
A little poem
Engine off, we glide -
the long road and the long shore
both let the sea pull.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the lazy cyclist love the seaside? He could coast along the coast.
What it teaches
Coasting feels like progress, but momentum is borrowed - eventually the hill runs out.
Quick facts
What does COAST mean?
The land along the edge of a sea or ocean.
Is COAST a valid word?
Yes — COAST is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COAST?
COAST has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does COAST come from?
From Latin 'costa' (rib, side), via Old French 'coste,' originally meaning the side of a thing and later the side of the land where it meets the sea.
What can COAST teach us?
Coasting feels like progress, but momentum is borrowed - eventually the hill runs out.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.