cruise

Cruise is defined as to ride, sail or move from place to place at a gradual speed.

(verb)

An example of to cruise is taking your classic car out for a Sunday afternoon drive around town.

The definition of a cruise is a trip taken for pleasure on a ship.

(noun)

An example of a cruise is taking a two-week vacation on a boat that stops for day trips at islands in the Caribbean.

See cruise in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb cruised, cruising

to sail from place to place, as for pleasure or in search of something
to ride about in a similar manner: a taxi cruises to pick up passengers
☆ to go over a wooded area to estimate its lumber yield
1. to move at the most efficient speed for sustained travel: said of an aircraft
2. to operate at a predetermined speed by use of a regulating mechanism ( cruise control): said of an automobile
☆ to go about looking for a sex partner: said esp. of a homosexual

Origin: < Du kruisen, to cross, cruise < kruis, cross < L crux, cross

transitive verb

to sail, journey, or move over or about
☆ to make a cruising trip over (a wooded area)
☆ Slang to approach (a person) or visit (a place) in seeking a sex partner: said esp. of a homosexual

noun

the action of cruising; esp., a cruising voyage by ship, often, specif., one taken for pleasure on a cruise ship

See cruise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cruise

verb cruised cruised, cruising cruis·ing, cruis·es

verb, intransitive

a. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance.
b. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: “A whole cache of babies . . . cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers” (Anne Tyler).
To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
a. Informal To move leisurely about an area in the hope of discovering something: taxis cruising for fares.
b. Slang To look for a sexual partner, as in a public place.
To inspect a wooded area to determine its lumber yield.

verb, transitive

To travel about or journey over.
Slang
a. To look in (a public area) for a sexual partner.
b. To seek out and make a sexual overture to.
To inspect in order to determine lumber yield.

noun

The act or an instance of cruising, especially a sea voyage for pleasure.

Origin: Dutch kruisen, to cross, from kruis, cross, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux, cruc-, cross.

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