coasted
- 1Simple past and past participle of coast.
The cyclist coasted down the long slope without pedaling.
The team coasted to victory after building an early lead.
Note
A regular -ed form, so one spelling covers both jobs: she coasted home, she has coasted all term. Because the living senses of coast take no object, the participle rarely turns passive. A phrase like the shoreline was coasted belongs only to the verb's obsolete transitive use, meaning to follow a coastline. Today it pairs naturally with down, along and to: coasted down the hill, coasted to victory.
coasted is a form of coast
coast, verb: To glide along without adding energy, letting a vehicle keep moving after the engine or driving force is cut. Full entry
- Spelling
- coast → coasted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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