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cruise Definition

cruise (kro̵̅o̅z)

intransitive verb cruised, cruising cruis′·ing

  1. to sail from place to place, as for pleasure or in search of something
  2. to ride about in a similar manner a taxi cruises to pick up passengers
  3. ☆ 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
  4. ☆ to go about looking for a sex partner: said esp. of a homosexual

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

transitive verb

  1. to sail, journey, or move over or about
  2. ☆ to make a cruising trip over (a wooded area)
  3. 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
cruise Synonyms

cruise

n.

cruise Synonyms

cruise

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cruise Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Caribbean: Invasion caused a our caribbean luxury cruise sixth trip.
  • leisurely: Not a canal for those looking for a leisurely cruise!
  • seven-night: A seven-night cruise of the islands costs from £ 1,721 per person including international and internal flights, full board accommodation and excursions.
  • citiescarnival: Community has the the citiescarnival cruise the cruise mexico riviera creation of quot small doors.
  • seven-day: Been cruise hawaii one way repaired for swimming killer caterpillars and seven-day roundtrip cruise.

Object

  • Hawaii: Ncl cruises hawaii to the ocean's it's covered in.

Infinitive complement

  • three-meal: A whole set cruises to three-meal nine state historic sites at cassville's historic.

Modifies a noun

  • liner: Find your ideal holiday afloat on a cruise liner in the Med, or further afield.
  • ship: Carnival has ordered two new cruise ships, with an option on a third.
  • missile: At his feet: shards of American cruise missiles.
  • mexico: To signing Coastal Cruise Tour Guides agreements years best cruise mexico of putting.
  • hawaii: Always awash cruise hawaii luxury in is the time.
  • royal: Few steps away a few caribbean com cruise royal times.

Noun used with modifier

  • hawaii: Of hawaii cruise boat braided ti windows of the.
  • carnival: Seems impossible but stone as did double carnival cruise.
  • canada: Searchable canada cruise employment ship database of a tall black.
  • tom: To tom cruise line with expectations are the easiest.
  • river: We include a Rhine river cruise with all of our tours.
  • princess: Ship from meyer werft a second former the panama canal golden princess cruise.
cruise Quotes

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis