cruise A2 Topic:Travel US /kɹuːz/ See IPA manual Freq #4818 Meanings 1 noun A holiday spent travelling on a ship and stopping at different places. They went on a two-week cruise around the Mediterranean. 2 verb To sail or travel about, especially for pleasure. We spent the afternoon cruising slowly down the river. 3 verb To drive around slowly and in a relaxed way. They cruised through town in their new convertible. Thesaurus Word family Forms cruisedcruisescruisingcruizing Derived forms autocruisecruisablecruise-climbcruiseferrycruisegoercruiselikecruisercruisewaycruisewearcruiseycruisymicrocruise Common collocations cruise missile Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux. cruce Middle Dutch crux Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Travel Entertainment & Leisure External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cruise **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /kɹuːz/ **Frequency rank:** 4818 ## Meanings 1. A holiday spent travelling on a ship and stopping at different places. 2. To sail or travel about, especially for pleasure. 3. To drive around slowly and in a relaxed way. ## Examples - They went on a two-week cruise around the Mediterranean. - We spent the afternoon cruising slowly down the river. - They cruised through town in their new convertible. ## Derived Forms - autocruise - cruisable - cruise-climb - cruiseferry - cruisegoer - cruiselike - cruiser - cruiseway - cruisewear - cruisey - cruisy - microcruise ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cruce - Root: crux ## Etymology Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux. ## AI Etymology cruise was borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux. The historical chain includes Middle Dutch cruce, Latin crux. Current senses include A holiday spent travelling on a ship and stopping at different places and to sail or travel about, especially for pleasure. English relatives and later formations include autocruise, cruisable, cruise-climb. ## Topics - Travel - Entertainment & Leisure markdown