Coast vs Toast - What's the difference?
coast | toast |
(obsolete) The side or edge of something.
The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
(obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.
* 1526 , Bible , tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:
*, II.ii.3:
(obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iii:
To glide along without adding energy.
(nautical) To sail along a coast.
* Arbuthnot
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.
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(obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
* Sir Thomas Browne
(obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
* Hakluyt
(US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
Toasted bread.
A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
(slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
(slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
(computing) A transient, pop-up informational window
To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
To warm thoroughly.
(slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
As nouns the difference between coast and toast
is that coast is (obsolete) the side or edge of something while toast is toast (toasted bread or salutation).As a verb coast
is to glide along without adding energy.coast
English
(wikipedia coast)Noun
(en noun)- (Sir Isaac Newton)
- The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.
- Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […].
- P. Crescentius, in his lib.'' 1 ''de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast , good air, wind, etc.
- the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […].
Hypernyms
* shore, shorelineHyponyms
* oceanfront, seashoreDerived terms
* coast fox * coast guard, coastguard * coast rat * coast-to-coast * coastal * coaster * coastland * coastline * coastward * coastwatcher * coastwiseVerb
(en verb)- When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.
- The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
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- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.
- (Hakluyt)
- Nearchus, not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
- The Indians coasted me along the river.
Anagrams
* * * * * *toast
English
Noun
(-)- I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
- All toasters toast toast .
- At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
- He was the toast of high society.
- If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast !
Derived terms
* french toast * propose a toast * Texas toast * toaster * toast of the townVerb
(en verb)- We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
- Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
- We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
- I toasted my feet by the fire.