coast

«coast» in Mova's school dictionary: the land right next to the sea or ocean — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a coast, coasts; the coast); verb (coast, coasts, coasted, coasting)

meaning for a pupil

1) The coast is the land right next to the sea or ocean. tree →

2) To coast means to keep moving without pushing or pedalling, like riding a bike downhill. tree →

3) To coast also means to do something easily without trying hard. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, a coast is where land meets sea; maps show coasts, coastlines, beaches and cliffs, and many cities are on the coast. The East Coast and West Coast of the USA are common phrases. In safety lessons, the coast has tides, waves and rip currents. «The coast is clear» means nobody is watching and it is safe to go. Phrases: on the coast, along the coast, coastline, the coast is clear, coast down a hill.

examples

• We drove along the coast to see the cliffs. tree →
• Sydney is on the east coast of Australia. tree →
• Many seabirds live on the rocky coast. tree →
• I stopped pedalling and coasted down the hill. tree →
• The coast of Ireland has lots of lighthouses. tree →
• Be careful of big waves on the coast in winter. tree →
• The coast is clear, let's go! tree →
• She coasted through the easy test. tree →
• The wind still blew violently on the coast. tree →

note

Countable noun: a coast, coasts; «the coast» means the seaside in general. «Coastal» is the adjective (coastal towns). Do not confuse coast with «cost» (price). A coastline is the outline of the coast on a map.

In the corpora

• Near the coast, a long or strong earthquake can be followed by a tsunami within minutes.
• If the sea suddenly pulls back or there is a strong earthquake near the coast, people must go to high ground at once.
• An earthquake under the sea can push up a huge wave called a tsunami, which may reach the coast within minutes.
• Portuguese ships spent decades creeping down Africa's coast before Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
• Russia expanded east across Siberia from the 1580s and reached the Pacific coast by the 1640s, largely in search of furs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «coast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.