coasted
past simple and past participle ofcoast
coast
verb[I]
uk/kəʊst/us/koʊst/tomoveforwardin avehiclewithout using theengine, usually down ahill:
At thetopof thehillIswitchedoff theengineand we just coasted down the otherside.
toprogressorsucceedwithout anyeffortordifficulty:
While Istruggled, mysistercoasted throughschoolwithtopgrades.
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Examplesofcoasted
coasted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Because such areas had been little surveyed, evidence of its presence came chiefly from whalers, explorers and the like 'whocoastedalong these inhospitable regions'.
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In fact our guitarist suggested that he 'coastedalong' without having to apply himself to the rigours of large amounts of practice.
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Neighbouring rural authorities, which had done little or nothing and had largelycoastedoff the backs of neighbouring cities, contributed approximately £8 million.
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My noble friend tells me that hecoastedthirty miles out of ninety, which is very good.
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He radioed a warning ahead, and the concourse was cleared as the traincoasteddownhill into track 16.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Coastedtrack, joined track, and split track trigger an operator alert.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The package thencoastedto an altitude of around 300 km.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He blew a tire andcoastedinto the pits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hecoastedover the finish line to complete the run, but the average speed dropped to 207.467 mph.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Icoastedalong its shore at a distance of a league (three miles).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theycoastedback to the pits and lost considerable time on the track.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The last position of the aircraft iscoastedusing the velocity, and that information is used to direct a beam of energy toward the aircraft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.New tracks that fall within the capture volume of acoastedtrack are cross correlated with the track history of the nearbycoastedtrack.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If position and speed are compatible, then thecoastedtrack history is combined with the new track.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fourth stage thencoasteduntil one hour and fifty seconds after launch, when it fired its ullage motors in preparation for ignition.
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