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# cruise

noun (a cruise, cruises); verb (cruise, cruises, cruised, cruising)

«cruise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A holiday on a large ship that visits several places: a cruise around the Mediterranean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#m1)
2. (verb) To sail, drive or fly at a steady, comfortable speed: the plane cruised at 900 km/h. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#m2)
3. (verb, informal) To win or do something very easily: they cruised to victory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#m3)
4. (verb) To move slowly around an area, looking: cruising the streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life cruises are holidays on big ships; in maths problems ships cruise at a set speed, so distance = speed x time. In sport reports a team "cruises" to an easy win. Phrases: go on a cruise, cruise ship, cruising speed, cruise control, cruise through.

### Examples

- Grandma and Grandad went on a cruise to Norway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x1)
- The cruise ship had swimming pools and a cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x2)
- The plane cruises at about 900 km per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x3)
- A boat cruising at 20 km/h for 3 hours goes 60 km. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x4)
- (informal) She cruised through the spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x5)
- Our team cruised to a 4–0 win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x6)
- We cruised down the river in a little boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: cruised, cruising. Do not confuse with "crews" (groups of workers), which sounds the same. In maths, cruising speed is steady, so use distance = speed x time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cruise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cruise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cruise.html) on Mova free.