Word for the day: coast

coast |kəʊst|                                                                   *costa (en Español)
DEFINITIONnoun1 the part of the land adjoining or near the sea: the west coast of Africa | they sailed further up the coast.• ( the Coast )N. Amer.the Pacific coast of North America.2 the easy movement of a vehicle without the use of power.

verb1 [ no obj. ] (of a person or vehicle) move easily without using power: they were coasting down a long hill.• be successful without making much effort: Colchester coasted to victory.2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] sail along the coast, especially in order to carry cargo: (asadj.coasting) : a coasting schooner.
PHRASESthe coast is clear there is no danger of being observed or caught.
ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘side of the body’), from Old French coste (noun), costeier (verb), from Latin costa ‘rib, flank, side’. Sense 1 of the noun arose from the phrase coast of the sea ‘side of the sea’.

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