cruise - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

If your mom announces “We’re taking a cruise!” then pack your bags. A cruise is a vacation spent on a ship that sails the ocean, periodically stopping in ports for sightseeing.

Cruise can also be a verb that describes sailing around aimlessly for fun. You might cruise the canals of Venice in a small boat. If you don’t live in Venice, you can still cruise — but you might do it in your car. Cruise can be used to describe a leisurely drive taken just for fun. You might cruise around the neighborhood on a Saturday with no real destination in mind. Cruise can also describe traveling easily at a moderate speed.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cruise

1	v n	sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing an ocean trip taken for pleasure
2	v	look for a sexual partner in a public place

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cruise

1

v sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing

“We were cruising in the Caribbean”

Type of:: navigate, sail, voyage
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

v drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure

“She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible”

Type of:: journey, travel
travel upon or across

v travel at a moderate speed

“Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude”

Types:: stooge
cruise in slow or routine flights

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

n an ocean trip taken for pleasure

Synonyms:: sail

Type of:: ocean trip, voyage
an act of traveling by water

2

v look for a sexual partner in a public place

“The men were cruising the park”

Type of:: look, search
search or seek