coach

nom

1. 1

   A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

   I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?

2. 2

   A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.

3. 3

   A trainer or instructor.

   football coach

   spelling coach

   public coach

   horseriding coach

4. 4

   A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

5. 5

   The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.

   The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.

6. 6

   The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.

   We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.

7. 7

   The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

verbe

1. 1

   To train.

2. 2

   To instruct; to train.

   She has coached many opera stars.

3. 3

   To study under a tutor.

4. 4

   To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).

   Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters

5. 5

   To convey in a coach.

   The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast. And carried off in some dog's tail at last

adverbe

1. 1

   Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

   John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

Formes

pluriel

coaches

passé

coached

participe passé

coached

participe présent

coaching

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coaches