noun, verb
noun a journey by sea, visiting different places, especially as a holiday/vacation:
I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise. * a luxury cruise ship
Part of speech: verb
1 to travel in a ship or boat visiting different places, especially as a holiday/vacation: [V, usually +adv./prep.] They cruised down the Nile. * [VN] We spent two weeks cruising the Bahamas.
2 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] (of a car, plane, etc.) to travel at a steady speed:
a light aircraft cruising at 4000 feet * a cruising speed of 50 miles an hour
3 (of a car, etc. or its driver) to drive along slowly, especially when you are looking at or for sth: [V, +adv./prep.] She cruised around the block looking for a parking space. * [VN] Taxis cruised the streets, looking for fares.
4 [V+adv./prep.] to win or achieve sth easily:
The home team cruised to victory.
5 [V, VN] (slang) to go around in public places looking for a sexual partner
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is cruise a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, cruise is tagged as verb.
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