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cruise
/kɹuːz/
noun 6verb 5name 1
Collocations
7(noun.)
ADJ
leisurely, luxury, pleasure
We booked a leisurely cruise down the river last summer and loved every minute of it.
Caribbean, Mediterranean, world, etc.
VERB + CRUISE
go on, take
My parents took a Mediterranean cruise last summer and loved every minute of it.
CRUISE + NOUN
liner, operator, ship
PREP
on a/the~
My family had an amazing time on a cruise around the Mediterranean last summer.
~ along
We enjoyed a relaxing cruise along the river last summer.
~ around/round
Definitions
noun
1
A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
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.
He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.
2
Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
3
A period spent in the Marine Corps.
I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]
The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise.
4
A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
Near-synonym: car show
5
A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
verb
1
To sail about, especially for pleasure.
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,[…].
2
To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
3
To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
4
To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
5
To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
noun
1
A small cup; cruse.
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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Synonyms
noun — an ocean trip taken for pleasure
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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 de
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He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.
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I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]
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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, cl
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1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him.
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We see him [Joseph Huff-Hannon] approach several sets of men to ak if they have "a minute to talk about climate change"; they dismiss him out of hand, clearly more interesting in playing volleyball an
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