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cruise
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- pronunciation:
- kruz
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A cruise is a pleasure trip on a ship. When people take a cruise, they usually sleep in rooms on the ship and spend several days or more traveling around just for fun. On a big cruise ship, there are a lot of things for people to do, like play games, swim in the swimming pool, dance, watch movies, or eat in one of the dining rooms. Sometimes the ship stops in places where people can get off and go exploring or do shopping.
When my grandparents retired, they decided to take a cruise and just relax. |
| related words: |
voyage |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
cruises, cruising, cruised |
| definition 1: |
When people cruise, they go on a ship just for pleasure, usually for several days or more. They sometimes stop at different places just to look around as tourists, but they go back to the ship to sleep. Some people cruise on a private ship, which might be small, but other people cruise with many other people on a large ship that is something like a hotel on the water and offers many kinds of activities for having fun.
For their honeymoon, the couple are going to cruise in the Caribbean Sea.- similar words:
- sail
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| definition 2: |
If a police car is cruising through the neighborhood, it is traveling through the neighborhood checking for things or searching for someone or something. If a taxi driver is cruising down a street, they are looking for people to give rides to.
Navy patrol boats cruised around the island.The police officers cruised the whole area looking for the suspect. |
| definition 3: |
When a car, ship, or airplane cruises, it travels at the same moderate speed for a fairly long period of time. It's going at a speed that is the most efficient for the vehicle and doesn't waste its energy.
The airplane will begin cruising when it is high above the clouds. |
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