"coasting" meaning in All languages combined

See coasting on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: coastings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coasting (countable and uncountable, plural coastings)
  1. The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coasting-en-noun-kKwjhkOl
  2. The act of disengaging the gears of a moving vehicle and rolling along without the use of engine power. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coasting-en-noun-slI4L9ho
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coasting trade

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} coasting
  1. present participle and gerund of coast Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: coast
    Sense id: en-coasting-en-verb-mxXkupdT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 20 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 23 68

Inflected forms

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