cruise
    n 1: an ocean trip taken for pleasure [syn: cruise, sail]
    v 1: drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure;
         "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible"
    2: travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt
       fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude"
    3: look for a sexual partner in a public place; "The men were
       cruising the park"
    4: sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or
       sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean"

Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]s), n.
   See Cruse, a small bottle.
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Cruise \Cruise\, v. t.
   1. To cruise over or about.
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   2. (Forestry) To explore with reference to capacity for the
      production of lumber; as, to cruise a section of land.
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Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cruised
   (kr[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cruising.] [D. kruisen to move
   crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis cross, fr. OF.
   crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr. OF. croisier, F.
   croiser, to cross, cruise, fr. crois a cross. See Cross.]
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   1. To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the
      protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for
      plunder, or for pleasure.
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   Note: A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in
         the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any
         cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a
         coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A pirate cruises to
         seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the
         owner.
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               Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of
               Bute.                              --Macaulay.
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               'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for
               pleasure.                          --Young.
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   2. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]
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   3. (Forestry) To inspect forest land for the purpose of
      estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
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   4. To travel primarily for pleasure, or without any fixed
      purpose, rather than with the main goal of reaching a
      particular destination. To cruise the streets of town,
      looking for an interesting party to crash.
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Cruise \Cruise\, n.
   1. A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed
      vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search
      of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or
      for pleasure.
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            He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who
            were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. --Dampier.
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   2. Hence: A voyage aboard a ship, in which the activities on
      the ship itself form a major objective of the voyage; --
      used particularly of vacation voyages, or voyages during
      which some special activity occurs on board the ship, such
      as a series of seminars.
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CRUISE, mar. law. A voyage or expedition in quest of vessels or fleets of 
the enemy which may be expected to sail through any particular track of the 
sea, at a certain season of the year the region in which these cruises are 
performed is usually termed the rendezvous or cruising latitude. 
     2. When the ships employed for this purpose, which are accordingly 
called cruisers, have arrived at the destined station, they traverse the 
sea, backwards and forwards, under an easy sail, and within a limited space, 
conjectured to be in the track of their expected adversaries. Wesk. Ins. 
h.t.; Lex Merc. Rediv. 271, 284; Dougl. 11. 509; Park. Ins. 58; Marsh. Ins. 
196, 199, 520; 2 Gallis. 268.