coast
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coast sing (pl.: coasts)
coast (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente coasts, participio presente coasting, passato semplice e participio passato coasted)
- (nautica) navigare sotto costa
- (per estensione), (di qualunque veicolo) muoversi per inerzia, arrancare
- (senso figurato), (di persona) arrancare, fare le cose con indolenza e senza voglia
- IPA: /kəʊst/
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal latino costa, attraverso il francese antico coste
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary