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Correct pronunciation for the word "cruise" is [kɹˈuːz], [kɹˈuːz], [k_ɹ_ˈuː_z].

Definition of cruise

A sailing up and down for one or other such purpose. See Cruse.

To sail up and down in quest of an enemy's ship or for pleasure.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

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• The personal forms of the verb " cruise " in present tense are:
• 1st person singular: I cruise
• 2nd person singular: You cruise
• 3rd person singular: He/she/it cruises
• 1st person plural: We cruise
• 2nd person plural: You cruise
• 3rd person plural: They cruise

What is the past tense of Cruise?

• The personal forms of the verb " cruise " in the past tense are as follows:
• 1st person singular: I cruised
• 2nd person singular: You cruised
• 3rd person singular: He/she/it cruised
• 1st person plural: We cruised
• 2nd person plural: You cruised
• 3rd person plural: They cruised

What is the adverb for cruise?

The adverb form of the word "cruise" is "cruisefully" or "cruisingly" .

What is the adjective for cruise?

The adjective form of the word "cruise" is "cruising" .

Usage over time for cruise:

This graph shows how "cruise" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.

What is the plural form of cruise?

The plural of the "cruise" can be the " cruises ".

What is the singular form of cruise?

The singular of the "cruise" can be the "cruise".

Synonyms for Cruise:

• freewheeling
• breath of fresh air

Nearby words

• cruet-stand
• cruise control
• cruise liner
• cruise missile
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Pronunciation

• enPR : kro͞oz , IPA ( key ) : /kɹuːz/
• Homophone : crews
• Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen ( “ cross, sail around ” ) , from kruis ( “ cross ” ) , from Middle Dutch cruce , from Latin crux .

Alternative forms

• cruize ( obsolete )

cruise ( plural cruises )

• 1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC : Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
• 1936 , Edwin A. Falk, Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power ‎ [1] , Longmans, Green and Co. , →OCLC , →OL , page 229 ‎ [2] : He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate ²⁰ for a two day cruise , skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.
• ( aeronautics ) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
• 1919 , United States. Marine Corps, Recruiters' Bulletin , page 16 : I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico [ … ]
• 2015 , George Barnett , Andy Barnett, George Barnett, Marine Corps Commandant: A Memoir, 1877-1923 : The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise .
• A car enthusiasts ' event where they drive their vehicles in a group . See Cruising (driving) .
• ( bodybuilding , slang ) A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle ( blast ). Coordinate term: blast

Derived terms

• booze cruise
• cruise-climb
• cruise climb
• cruise control
• cruise liner
• cruise missile
• cruise ship
• cruisey / cruisy
• kitty cruise
• pleasure cruise

Translations

cruise ( third-person singular simple present cruises , present participle cruising , simple past and past participle cruised )

• 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers , chapter IX, in The Younger Set , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC : He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,   [ … ] .
• ( intransitive ) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency .
• ( transitive ) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom .
• ( transitive , intransitive , forestry ) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
• ( transitive , intransitive , colloquial ) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll .
• 1970-1975 , Lou Sullivan , personal diary, quoted in 2019 , Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him . Very thin & feminine, brown hair fluffed around his sharp featured face. So I began cruising him.
• 2018 , Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism , page 144 : We see him [Joseph Huff-Hannon] approach several sets of men to ak if they have "a minute to talk about climate change"; they dismiss him out of hand, clearly more interesting in playing volleyball and cruising—including cruising Huff-Hannon himself—than in listening to bad news.
• ( intransitive , child development ) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
• ( intransitive , sports ) To win easily and convincingly. Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.
• ( intransitive ) To take part in a cruise ( car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group ) .
• ( bodybuilding , slang ) To have a period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to going through a full-dosed cycle ( blast ). Coordinate term: blast blast and cruise
• beach cruiser
• cruising for a bruising

Descendants

• → French: cruiser

Etymology 2

• King James translators, 1 Kings 17:12 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse : and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
• crusie , curies

cruise   c or n ( singular definite cruiset or cruisen , plural indefinite cruises )

• cruise ( sea voyage ) Synonyms: krydstogt , sørejse

Further reading

• “ cruise ” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English cruise ; from Dutch kruisen

• IPA ( key ) : /kruːs/
• Hyphenation: cru‧i‧se
• Rhymes: -uːs

cruise   m ( plural cruises , diminutive cruiseje   n )

• cruiseschip
• first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
• second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

From Dutch kruisen , via English cruise .

cruise   n ( definite singular cruiset , indefinite plural cruise , definite plural cruisa or cruisene )

• “cruise” in The Bokmål Dictionary .

Norwegian Nynorsk

cruise   n ( definite singular cruiset , indefinite plural cruise , definite plural cruisa )

• “cruise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .

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Definition of cruise

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intransitive verb

transitive verb

Definition of cruise  (Entry 2 of 2)

• gad (about)
• galavant
• kick around
• knock (about)

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Word History

Dutch kruisen to make a cross, cruise, from Middle Dutch crucen , from crūce cross, from Latin cruc-, crux

1651, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

1696, in the meaning defined above

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from Dutch kruisen "to cruise, move crosswise," from early Dutch crūce "cross," from Latin crux "cross" — related to cross , crucial

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Definition of cruise verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• (+ adv./prep.) They cruised down the Nile.
• cruise something We spent two weeks cruising the Bahamas.
• Fire crews were called to the scene.
• He crews for a billionaire on his yacht.
• We're taking a cruise around the Mediterranean.
• I'd love to cruise down the Nile.
• She is on holiday, cruising in the Mediterranean.
• We cruised round the Greek islands.
• cruising up and down the coast

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cruise verb ( MOVE )

Cruise verb ( sail ).

(Definition of cruise from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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