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Webster 1913 Edition
Cruise
Cruise
(krṳz)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cruised
(krṳzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cruising
.] [D.
kruisen
to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis
cross, fr. OF. crois
, croiz
, F. croix
, or directly fr. OF. croisier
, F. croiser
, to cross, cruise, fr. crois
a cross. See Cross
.] 1.
To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.
☞ A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A pirate cruises to seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the owner.
Ships of war were sent to
cruise
near the isle of Bute. Macaulay.
’Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to
cruise
for pleasure. Young.
2.
To wander hither and thither on land.
[Colloq.]
Cruise
,Noun.
1.
A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.
He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a
cruise
to Manilla. Dampier.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cruise
CRUISE
,Noun.
CRUISE
,Verb.
I.
CRUISE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Cruise
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See also: Cruise
English
Alternative forms
Noun
cruise (plural cruises)
- A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
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- (aeronautics) portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases
Derived terms
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Translations
sea voyage
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Verb
cruise (third-person singular simple present cruises, present participle cruising, simple past and past participle cruised)
- (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
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- (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
- (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
- (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
- (transitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
- (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
- (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.
- Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.
Derived terms
Translations
to sail about
to travel at constant speed
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to move leisurely
child development: to walk while holding on to an object
sports: to win easily and convincingly
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kruːs/
- Rhymes: -uːs
Etymology
Borrowing from English cruise, from Dutch kruisen.
Noun
cruise m (plural cruises, diminutive cruiseje n)