cruise

UK /kɹuːz/ US /kɹuːz/
noun 6verb 5name 1

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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