cruise
part of speech
noun (a cruise, cruises); verb (cruise, cruises, cruised, cruising)
meaning for a pupil
1) A holiday on a large ship that visits several places: a cruise around the Mediterranean. tree →
2) (verb) To sail, drive or fly at a steady, comfortable speed: the plane cruised at 900 km/h. tree →
3) (verb, informal) To win or do something very easily: they cruised to victory. tree →
4) (verb) To move slowly around an area, looking: cruising the streets. tree →
sense 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 →
- The cruise ship had swimming pools and a cinema. tree →
- The plane cruises at about 900 km per hour. tree →
- A boat cruising at 20 km/h for 3 hours goes 60 km. tree →
- (informal) She cruised through the spelling test. tree →
- Our team cruised to a 4–0 win. tree →
- We cruised down the river in a little boat. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cruise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.