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- [krooz]
- /kruz/
- /kruːz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [krooz]
- /kruz/
Definitions of cruise word
- countable noun cruise A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places. 3
- verb cruise If you cruise a sea, river, or canal, you travel around it or along it on a cruise. 3
- verb cruise If a car, ship, or aircraft cruises somewhere, it moves there at a steady comfortable speed. 3
- verb cruise If a team or sports player cruises to victory, they win easily. 3
- verb cruise If a gay man is cruising, he is searching in public places for a sexual partner. 3
- verb cruise to make a trip by sea in a liner for pleasure, usually calling at a number of ports 3
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Origin of cruise
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; < Dutch kruisen to cross, cruise, derivative of kruis cross
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Parts of speech for Cruise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cruise popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cruise
verb cruise
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- travel — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
noun cruise
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
- tour — Georges de [zhawrzh duh] /ʒɔrʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1593–1652, French painter.
- sailing — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
Antonyms for cruise
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