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    Coasting
    /ˈkōstiNG/

    adjective

    • 1. moving easily without using power: "I stopped pedaling and let the coasting bicycle creep down the road"
    • 2. sailing along the coast: "a coasting schooner"
  2. to move down a hill or slope without making any effort : They bought a sled for coasting down the snowy slopes. He watched the racers coasting down a hill as a boy in the 1960s. to progress or succeed without any effort or difficulty: While I struggled, my sister coasted through school with top grades. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

    • Coasteering

      COASTEERING definition: 1. the sport of climbing and...

    • Coastline

      COASTLINE definition: 1. the particular shape of the coast,...

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  4. to move down a hill or slope without making any effort : They bought a sled for coasting down the snowy slopes. He watched the racers coasting down a hill as a boy in the 1960s. to progress or succeed without any effort or difficulty: While I struggled, my sister coasted through school with top grades. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  5. the land near a shore : seashore; border, frontier; a hill or slope suited to coasting… See the full definition

  6. 1. a. Land next to the sea; the seashore. b. The water near this land: fish of the Atlantic coast. c. Coast The Pacific coast of the United States. 2. A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled. 3. The act of sliding or coasting; slide. 4. Obsolete The frontier or border of a country. v. coast·ed, coast·ing, coasts. v.intr. 1. a.

  7. Synonyms for COASTING: flowing, cruising, drifting, sailing, gliding, sliding, slipping, rolling; Antonyms of COASTING: struggling, floundering, stumbling, trudging, limping, plodding, lumbering, shuffling

  8. There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun coasting, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.

  9. There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective coasting, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. coasting has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. weather (late 1600s) nautical (1830s)

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