Cruise

  • 11Cruise — Cruise, Tom …

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  • 12Cruise — Correspond le plus souvent au moyen anglais crus, cruse, surnom donné à un combattant audacieux, féroce. Dans certains cas, il peut s agir d un toponyme (Richard de Crues, 1214) évoquant sans doute une localité française …

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  • 13cruise — 1650s, from Du. kruisen to cross, sail to and fro, from kruis cross, from L. crux; Cf. the sense evolution in cognate CROSS (Cf. cross) (v.). Related: Cruised; cruising. As a noun from 1706 …

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  • 14cruise — n voyage, tour, trip, *journey, jaunt, excursion, expedition, pilgrimage …

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  • 15cruise — ► VERB 1) move slowly around without a precise destination, especially for pleasure. 2) travel smoothly at a moderate or economical speed. 3) achieve an objective with ease. 4) informal wander about in search of a sexual partner. ► NOUN 1) an… …

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  • 16cruise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ luxury, pleasure ▪ a pleasure cruise around the bay ▪ leisurely ▪ Caribbean, Mediterranean, world …

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  • 17cruise — I n. 1) to go on, take a cruise 2) a shakedown; world cruise 3) a cruise around (to take a cruise around the world) II v. (D; intr.) to cruise around (to cruise around the world) * * * [kruːz] take a cruise world cruise a shakedown to go on a… …

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  • 18cruise — cruisingly, adv. /kroohz/, v., cruised, cruising, n. v.i. 1. to sail about on a pleasure trip. 2. to sail about, as a warship patrolling a body of water. 3. to travel about without a particular purpose or destination. 4. to fly, drive, or sail at …

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  • 19cruise — 01. When I was 18 years old, my friends and I used to enjoy [cruising] around in a friend s car every weekend. 02. They went on a two week [cruise] to Alaska for their honeymoon. 03. My neighbors went on a [cruise] around the world after winning… …

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  • 20cruise — cruise1 [kru:z] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: kruisen to make a cross, cruise , from Middle Dutch cruce cross , from Latin crux; CROSS2] 1.) [I and T] to sail along slowly, especially for pleasure ▪ We were cruising in the Caribbean all… …

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