Coasting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Coasting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of coast.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of coast.
More Meanings
- The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
- The act of disengaging the gears of a moving vehicle and rolling along without the use of engine power.
- (medicine) A progression of symptoms after treatment, before gradual improvement begins.
- Drinking nolo drinks so as to imbibe less alcohol while still enjoying tippling.
Example Sentences
Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.
She had been lying quietly in the harbour and making little coasting trips ever since we arrived in her twelve months before.
Avanti West Coast has introduced the use of coasting with its Pendolino fleet, in an effort to keep disruption during overhead line equipment failures to a minimum. [...] The Class 390s coasted for three miles without power between Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central, running under damaged OLE.
Word Forms
- coastings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seashore, seacoast, cabotage, sailing, voyaging, boatage.
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