coach | | |
n. (person) | 1. coach, handler, manager | (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ baseball coach, baseball manager | a coach of baseball players. |
| ~ basketball coach | a coach of basketball players. |
| ~ conditioner | a trainer of athletes. |
| ~ football coach | a coach of football players. |
| ~ hockey coach | a coach of hockey players. |
| ~ tennis coach | a coach of tennis players. |
| ~ trainer | one who trains other persons or animals. |
| ~ john joseph mcgraw, john mcgraw, mcgraw | United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934). |
n. (person) | 2. coach, private instructor, tutor | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.). |
| ~ singing, vocalizing | the act of singing vocal music. |
| ~ crammer | a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations. |
| ~ instructor, teacher | a person whose occupation is teaching. |
n. (artifact) | 3. carriage, coach, passenger car | a railcar where passengers ride. |
| ~ railcar, railroad car, railway car, car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.; "three cars had jumped the rails" |
| ~ buffet car, dining car, dining compartment, diner | a passenger car where food is served in transit. |
| ~ nonsmoking car, nonsmoker | a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke. |
| ~ chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car | a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs. |
| ~ passenger train | a train that carries passengers. |
| ~ pullman, pullman car | luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel. |
| ~ sleeping car, wagon-lit, sleeper | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping. |
| ~ smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment, smoker | a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke. |
n. (artifact) | 4. coach, coach-and-four, four-in-hand | a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver. |
| ~ box seat, box | the driver's seat on a coach.; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver" |
| ~ carriage, equipage, rig | a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses. |
| ~ stagecoach, stage | a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns.; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" |
n. (artifact) | 5. autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.; "he always rode the bus to work" |
| ~ minibus | a light bus (4 to 10 passengers). |
| ~ public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight. |
| ~ roof | protective covering on top of a motor vehicle. |
| ~ school bus | a bus used to transport children to or from school. |
| ~ trackless trolley, trolley coach, trolleybus | a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires. |
| ~ window | a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened. |
| ~ fleet | group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ passenger, rider | a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it. |
v. (communication) | 6. coach, train | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports.; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew" |
| ~ train | exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition.; "She is training for the Olympics" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
v. (motion) | 7. coach | drive a coach. |
| ~ driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal. |
| ~ drive | operate or control a vehicle.; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?" |
skillful | | |
adj. | 1. adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" |
| ~ skilled | having or showing or requiring special skill.; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade" |
adj. | 2. nice, skillful | done with delicacy and skill.; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot" |
| ~ precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
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