cruise

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   verb

   To sail or travel about, especially for pleasure.

   We spent the afternoon cruising slowly down the river.

3. 3
   verb

   To drive around slowly and in a relaxed way.

   They cruised through town in their new convertible.

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

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