n. A side; the side.n. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; boundary; bound.n. The side, edge, or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore.n. The boundary-line formed by the sea; the coast-line.n. [From the verb.] A slide on a sled down a snowy or icy incline: as, to go out for a coast.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.To sail from port to port on the same coast.Hence Figuratively, to feel one's way cautiously; grope along.To advance; proceed; go.To slide on a sled down a hill or an incline covered with snow or ice.To descend a hill on a bicycle, removing the feet from the pedals.To draw supplies to lumberers' shanties.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.To carry or conduct along a coast or river-bank.To draw near to; approach; keep close to; pursue.To accost.To glide along swiftly through the air with motionless wings, as a bird.To loaf about from station to station.