Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cruise
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Cruise
cruise
~1 v 1 to sail along slowly, especially for pleasure (cruising in the Mediterranean) 2 to move at a steady speed in a car, aircraft etc (cruising at 50 miles per hour) 3 to drive a car slowly through a place with no particular purpose (We were out cruising Friday night, and I saw Jerry with Kimberly.) 4 slang to look in a public place for a sexual partner (cruising the singles bars) ~2 n 1 a holiday on a large ship (a Caribbean cruise) 2 a journey by boat for pleasure
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(cruises, cruising, cruised) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places. He and his wife were planning to go on a world cruise... N-COUNT 2. If you cruise a sea, river, or canal, you travel around it or along it on a cruise. She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge... During their summer holidays they cruised further afield to Normandy and Brittany. VERB: V n, V prep/adv 3. If a car, ship, or aircraft cruises somewhere, it moves there at a steady comfortable speed. A black and white police car cruised past. VERB: V prep/adv 4. If a team or sports player cruises to victory, they win easily. (JOURNALISM) Graf looked in awesome form as she cruised to an easy victory. VERB: V to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; cruising) Etymology: Dutch kruisen to make a cross, ~, from Middle Dutch crucen, from cruce cross, from Latin cruc-, crux Date: 1651 intransitive verb 1. to sail about touching at a series of ports 2. to move or proceed speedily, smoothly, or effortlessly I'll ~ over to her house to see if she's home 3. to travel without destination or purpose 4. a. to go about the streets at random but on the lookout for possible developments the cabdriver ~d for an hour before being hailed b. to search (as in public places) for a sexual partner 5. a. of an airplane to fly at the most efficient operating speed b. of an automobile to travel at a speed suitable for being maintained for a long distance 6. to explore or search the offerings of; especially surf ~ the Internet transitive verb 1. to ~ over or about 2. to inspect (as land) with reference to possible lumber yield 3. a. to search in (a public place) for a sexual partner b. to approach and suggest sexual relations to II. noun Date: 1696 an act or an instance of cruising; especially a tour by ship ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. make a journey by sea calling at a series of ports usu. according to a predetermined plan, esp. for pleasure. 2 intr. sail about without a precise destination. 3 intr. a (of a motor vehicle or aircraft) travel at a moderate or economical speed. b (of a vehicle or its driver) travel at random, esp. slowly. 4 intr. achieve an objective, win a race etc., with ease. 5 intr. & tr. sl. walk or drive about (the streets etc.) in search of a sexual (esp. homosexual) partner. --n. a cruising voyage, esp. as a holiday. Phrases and idioms cruise missile one able to fly at a low altitude and guide itself by reference to the features of the region it traverses. cruising speed a comfortable and economical speed for a motor vehicle, below its maximum speed. Etymology: prob. f. Du. kruisen f. kruis CROSS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) таксация (леса) таксировать, проводить таксацию (леса) 2) авто рейс (осуществляемый на эксплуатационной скорости) 3) возд. крейсерский полёт, полёт на крейсерском режиме лететь на крейсерском режиме 4) космонавт. маршевый полёт совершать маршевый полёт 5) космонавт. маршевый режим - endoatmospheric cruise - exoatmospheric cruise - interplanetary cruise - LEO cruise - level cruise - suborbital cruise ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. морское путешествие, плавание round-the-world cruise —- кругосветный круиз 2. крейсирование 3. ав. крейсерский полет 4. лес. таксация 5. крылатая ракета 6. путешествовать для удовольствия; совершать круиз 7. совершать рейсы 8. мор. крейсировать по определенному маршруту 9. ав. летать с крейсерской скоростью 10. совершать крейсерский полет 11. курсировать; объезжать какой-л. район 12. разг. фланировать; переходить из бара в бар 13. лес. таксировать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) крейсерство 2) морское путешествие, плавание; круиз 2. v. naut. крейсировать; совершать рейсы ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1651, from Du. kruisen "to cross, sail to and fro," from kruis "cross," from L. crux. In the naval sense, cruiser is 1679; in 18c. commonly applied to privateers. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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