Meaning of cruise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small cup; cruse.
2. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure
3. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
4. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
5. Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
6. The act or an instance of cruising, especially a sea voyage for pleasure.
7. Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases
8. A period spent in the Marine Corps.
   US, informal
9. a voyage from place to place made for pleasure and relaxation. They went on a cruise. bootvaart, plesiervaart, boottog رِحْلَـة سياحيّـه، جوْلة بَحْريّـه круиз cruzeiro (zábavní) plavba die Vergnügungsfahrt krydstogt; sejltur κρουαζιέραcrucero ristlus, merereis سفر دریایی تفریحی risteily croisièreשייט समुद्री यात्रा kružno putovanje tengeri utazás (pihenés céljából) pesiar skemmtisigling crociera 遊覧航海 순항 kruizas, kelionė jūra jūras brauciens bercuti pleziervaartcruise, sjøreise, toktrejs, wyc...
10. A period spent in the Marine Corps
11. A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
12. To sail from place to place, as for pleasure or reconnaissance.
13. A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group
14. A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
    slang
15. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
16. A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast)
17. Informal To move leisurely about an area in the hope of discovering something: taxis cruising for fares.
    Informal
18. To move by taking steps while holding on to nearby objects for support. Used of a baby.
19. To inspect a wooded area to determine its lumber yield.
20. To travel about or journey over.
21. Slang a. To look in (a public area) for a sexual partner.
    Slang
22. To inspect in order to determine lumber yield.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“Near-synonym: car show”

“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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