coast

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Land next to the sea; the seashore.
• noun The water near this land.
• noun The Pacific coast of the United States.
• noun A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled.
• noun The act of sliding or coasting; slide.
• noun Obsolete The frontier or border of a country.
• intransitive verb To slide down an incline through the effect of gravity.
• intransitive verb To move without use of propelling power. synonym: slide.
• intransitive verb To act or move aimlessly or with little effort.
• intransitive verb Nautical To sail near or along a coast.
• intransitive verb To sail or move along the coast or border of.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To glide along swiftly through the air with motionless wings, as a bird.
• To loaf about from station to station.
• 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.
• noun A side; the side.
• noun The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; boundary; bound.
• noun The side, edge, or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore.
• noun The boundary-line formed by the sea; the coast-line.
• noun [From the verb.] A slide on a sled down a snowy or icy incline: as, to go out for a coast.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb obsolete To draw or keep near; to approach.
• intransitive verb To sail by or near the shore.
• intransitive verb To sail from port to port in the same country.
• intransitive verb Local, U. S. To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
• transitive verb obsolete To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
• transitive verb To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
• transitive verb obsolete To conduct along a coast or river bank.
• noun obsolete The side of a thing.
• noun obsolete The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.
• noun The seashore, or land near it.
• noun the danger is over; no enemy in sight.
• noun [Eng.], [U. S.] The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast.
• noun (Zoöl.) a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole.
• noun [Eng.] a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb intransitive To glide along without adding energy.
• verb intransitive, nautical To sail along a coast
• verb Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.
• verb obsolete To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
• verb obsolete To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.