(~s, cruising, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
He and his wife were planning to go on a world ~...
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a sea, river, or canal, you travel around it or along it on a ~.
She wants to ~ the canals of France in a barge...
During their summer holidays they ~d further afield to Normandy and Brittany.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv
3.
If a car, ship, or aircraft ~s somewhere, it moves there at a steady comfortable speed.
A black and white police car ~d past.
VERB: V prep/adv
4.
If a team or sports player ~s to victory, they win easily. (JOURNALISM)
Graf looked in awesome form as she ~d to an easy victory.
VERB: V to n