A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

coaches Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with C » co-ordinating conjunction ... cobras » coaches


coach
noun coaches
    1. A railway carriage.
    2. A bus designed for long-distance travel.
    3. historical
      A closed horse-drawn carriage.
    4. A trainer or instructor, especially in sport.
      Thesaurus: instructor, trainer, tutor, teacher, mentor, guide.
    5. A private tutor, especially one who prepares pupils for examinations.
verb coaches, coached, coaching
    tr & intr
    1a. To train in a sport, etc;
      Thesaurus: drill, exercise, train, instruct, prepare, teach.
    tr & intr
    1b. To teach privately.
    intr
    2. To go or travel by coach.
Derivative: coaching
    Instruction or tuition.
    historical
    Travel by coach.
Idiom: drive a coach and horses through something
    colloq
    To point out obvious flaws in an argument, laws, etc and thereby refute it.
Etymology: 16c: French coche, from Hungarian kocsi, named after Kocs in Hungary.



Click Here