Definition of coast

• v. t. - The side of a thing.
• v. t. - The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.
• v. t. - The seashore, or land near it.
• n. - To draw or keep near; to approach.
• n. - To sail by or near the shore.
• n. - To sail from port to port in the same country.
• n. - To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
• v. t. - To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
• v. t. - To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
• v. t. - To conduct along a coast or river bank.