coast

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Land next to the sea; the seashore.
2. n. The Pacific coast of the United States.
3. n. A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled.
4. n. The act of sliding or coasting; slide.
5. n. Obsolete The frontier or border of a country.
6. v. To slide down an incline through the effect of gravity.
7. v. To move effortlessly and smoothly. See Synonyms at slide.
8. v. To move without further use of propelling power.
9. v. To act or move aimlessly or with little effort: coasted for a few weeks before applying for a job.
10. v. Nautical To sail near or along a coast.
11. v. Nautical To sail or move along the coast or border of.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A side; the side.
2. n. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; boundary; bound.
3. n. The side, edge, or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore.
4. n. The boundary-line formed by the sea; the coast-line.
5. n. [From the verb.] A slide on a sled down a snowy or icy incline: as, to go out for a coast.
6. To sail near a coast; sail along or near the shore, or in sight of land; follow the coast-line; rarely, to travel along, either on or near the coast.
7. To sail from port to port on the same coast.
8. Hence Figuratively, to feel one's way cautiously; grope along.
9. To advance; proceed; go.
10. To slide on a sled down a hill or an incline covered with snow or ice.
11. To descend a hill on a bicycle, removing the feet from the pedals.
12. To draw supplies to lumberers' shanties.
13. To sail along or near to, as a coast, or along the shore of: as, to coast the shores of the Mediterranean; to coast an island.
14. To carry or conduct along a coast or river-bank.
15. To draw near to; approach; keep close to; pursue.
16. To accost.
17. To glide along swiftly through the air with motionless wings, as a bird.
18. To loaf about from station to station.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To glide along without adding energy.
2. v. intransitive, nautical To sail along a coast
3. v. Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.
4. v. obsolete To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
5. v. obsolete To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
6. v. obsolete To conduct along a coast or river bank.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete The side of a thing.
2. n. obsolete The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.
3. n. The seashore, or land near it.
4. v. obsolete To draw or keep near; to approach.
5. v. To sail by or near the shore.
6. v. To sail from port to port in the same country.
7. v. Local, U. S. To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
8. v. obsolete To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
9. v. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
10. v. obsolete To conduct along a coast or river bank.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the shore of a sea or ocean
2. n. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
3. v. move effortlessly; by force of gravity
4. n. a slope down which sleds may coast
5. n. the area within view