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0 the land next to or close to the sea:
- Rimini is a thriving resort on the east coast of Italy.
- The accident happened three miles off the coast (= in the sea three miles from land).
- We spent a week by/on the coast (= by the sea).
- We travelled across America coast to coast.
- The visiting politician received coast-to-coast media attention.
1 to move forward in a vehicle without using the engine, usually down a hill:
- At the top of the hill I switched off the engine and we just coasted down the other side.
- While I struggled, my sister coasted through school with top grades.
2 the land next to or close to the sea:
- We lived on the southeast coast of Florida.
3 (of a vehicle) to continue moving from its own forward force, without the addition of any power:
- He coasted to a stop.
- She coasted through her senior year of high school.
4 the land next to or close to the sea:
- The oil spill happened just off the Spanish coast.
- the east/west coast He grew up on the west coast, in California.
5 from one coast of a country or continent to the opposite coast:
- We travelled across America coast to coast.
- Our products are sought after from coast to coast for their accuracy and reliability.

We drove down to the windswept Atlantic coast of Portugal.
This particular stretch of coast is especially popular with walkers.
The boat sailed down the coast.
The ship lies off the coast of Spain.
Thousands of day trippers flock to resorts on the south coast.
On neither coast, however, do fisher training programs provide a positive and significant impact in terms of technical efficiency.
Soldattorpet on the west coast provides a comparable vertical stratigraphy for the same period.
There was little natural differentiation on the west coast, and one place was as good as another for the establishment of a trading place.