Crossword clues for cruised
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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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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.
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.
Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of Bute.
--Macaulay.'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for pleasure.
--Young. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]
(Forestry) To inspect forest land for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: cruise)
Usage examples of "cruised".
Even today small fishing boats cruised out on the placid waters, as if the sky held nothing unfriendlier than the dappled clouds.
The gasbot cruised the valley from their right to their left, disturbed foliage rustling beneath its throbbing gravities.
One hover tank cruised ahead on point and another guarded the convoy’s rear.
He and Gailet couldn’t help crouching as they looked up at the giant lifter-carrier that cruised only a hundred meters higher.
A number of other chim-crewed vessels cruised farther out, but none of them crossed a line of buoys that could be seen stretching all the way across the bay.
Cars cruised up and down Flagler, oblivious to the whole fucking thing.
He cruised by the Breakers, Al’s Dixie Diner and every exile hangout on both sides of the highway.
Corran winked at the holograph of his wife fixed to a side panel in his cockpit, and then rolled his X-wing and cruised down after the squint.
Two New Republic Assault Frigates, the Tyrant's Bane and Liberty Star, cruised in toward the Golan station.
In seconds she cruised up behind the trailing Interceptor and laced it full of coherent light.
Wedge cruised his fighter down into the valley and began a low run at the site.
They leveled out again and broke to starboard, applying rudder to get their noses around, and then cruised in on the Hegemony fighters.
Wedge watched as Swift Liberty cut inside Moonshadow's maneuver and cruised beneath Direption.
Several runs on it had left the armor in ruins, and Hobbie cruised up along its spine and triggered a quad burst at the head from point-blank range.
Nrin cruised the snoopscoot past Two Flight and flew it with a very gentle hand on the stick.