Cruising

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "cruising":
     aeronautics, air service, airline, astronautics, aviation,
     ballooning, blind flying, boating, canoeing, circumnavigation,
     cloud-seeding, coasting, commercial aviation, contact flying,
     flight, flying, general aviation, gliding, gunkholing,
     motorboating, navigability, navigating, navigation, passage-making,
     periplus, pilotage, rowing, sailing, sailplaning, sculling,
     sea travel, seafaring, soaring, steaming, travel by water,
     voyaging, water travel, winging, yachting