name
Meaning 1
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cruise
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kɹuːz/
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homophone: cruise
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homophone: crews
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homophone: Crews
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homophone: Cruz
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rhymes with -uːz
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kro͞oz
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɹuːz/
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British, Southern, Standard: /kɹʉwz/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /kɹuz/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /kɹʉːz/
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Scotland: /kɾʉz/
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Northern-Ireland: /kɹʉz/
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Wales: /kɾɪʊ̯z/
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CMU ARPABET: K R UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A period spent in the Marine Corps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: car show
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Synonyms: car show
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noun
Meaning 6
A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
A small cup; cruse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To sail about, especially for pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: business, forestry
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verb
Meaning 12
To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, colloquial
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verb
Meaning 13
To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
Examples
- 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.
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verb
Meaning 14
To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: child development
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verb
Meaning 15
To win easily and convincingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.
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verb
Meaning 16
To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 17
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- blast and cruise
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noun
Meaning 18
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ocean trip, voyage
verb
Meaning 19
sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We were cruising in the Caribbean
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: voyage, sail, navigate
verb
Meaning 20
travel at a moderate speed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: stooge
verb
Meaning 21
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: travel, journey
verb
Meaning 22
look for a sexual partner in a public place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The men were cruising the park
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: search, look
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رِحْلَة بَحْرِيَّة (riḥla baḥriyya) — sea voyage
- Armenian: նավարկություն (navarkutʻyun) — sea voyage
- Belarusian: круі́з (kruíz) — sea voyage
- Belarusian: пла́ванне (plávannje) — sea voyage
- Belarusian: марско́е падаро́жжа (marskóje padaróžža) — sea voyage
- Bulgarian: пъту́ване по море́ (pǎtúvane po moré) — sea voyage
- Bulgarian: круи́з (kruíz) — sea voyage
- Catalan: creuer — sea voyage
- Chinese Cantonese: 巡航 (ceon4 hong4) — sea voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 巡航 (xúnháng) — sea voyage
- Czech: plavba — sea voyage
- Czech: výlet lodí — sea voyage
- Danish: krydstogt — sea voyage
- Danish: sørejse — sea voyage
- Dutch: cruise — sea voyage
- Dutch: zeereis — sea voyage
- Esperanto: krozo — sea voyage
- Estonian: kruiis — sea voyage
- Finnish: risteily — sea voyage
- Finnish: laivamatka — sea voyage
- French: croisière — sea voyage
- Galician: cruceiro — sea voyage
- Georgian: კრუიზი (ḳruizi) — sea voyage
- Georgian: საზღვაო რეისი (sazɣvao reisi) — sea voyage
- Georgian: საზღვაო მგზავრობა (sazɣvao mgzavroba) — sea voyage
- Georgian: ზღვით მგზავრობა (zɣvit mgzavroba) — sea voyage
- German: Kreuzfahrt — sea voyage
- German: Seereise — sea voyage
- Hebrew: שיט (shait') — sea voyage
- Hebrew: הַפְלָגַת נֹפֶשׁ (haflagat nofesh) — sea voyage
- Hebrew: קְרוּז (kruz) — sea voyage
- Hungarian: hajókörút — sea voyage
- Ido: krozo — sea voyage
- Irish: aistear mara — sea voyage
- Irish: turas mara — sea voyage
- Italian: crociera — sea voyage
- Japanese: 巡航 (junkō) — sea voyage
- Japanese: クルーズ (kurūzu) — sea voyage
- Korean: 순항 (sunhang) — sea voyage
- Korean: 크루즈 (keurujeu) — sea voyage
- Low German: Krüüzfohrt — sea voyage
- Macedonian: крстарење (krstarenje) — sea voyage
- Norwegian Bokmål: cruise — sea voyage
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjøreise — sea voyage
- Polish: rejs — sea voyage
- Portuguese: cruzeiro — sea voyage
- Romanian: croazieră — sea voyage
- Russian: круи́з (kruíz) — sea voyage
- Russian: морско́е путеше́ствие (morskóje putešéstvije) — sea voyage
- Russian: пла́вание (plávanije) — sea voyage
- Serbo-Croatian: крстарење — sea voyage
- Serbo-Croatian: krstarenje — sea voyage
- Slovak: plavba — sea voyage
- Slovene: križarjenje — sea voyage
- Spanish: crucero — sea voyage
- Swedish: kryssning — sea voyage
- Swedish: sjöresa — sea voyage
- Turkish: gemi gezisi — sea voyage
- Turkish: gemi seyahati — sea voyage
- Turkish: mavi yolculuk — sea voyage
- Ukrainian: круї́з (krujíz) — sea voyage
- Ukrainian: пла́вання (plávannja) — sea voyage
- Ukrainian: морська́ по́дорож (morsʹká pódorož) — sea voyage
- Welsh: mordaith — sea voyage
- Dutch: varen — to sail about
- Esperanto: krozi — to sail about
- Finnish: risteillä — to sail about
- Hebrew: שָׁט (shát) — to sail about
- Ido: krozar — to sail about
- Italian: navigare — to sail about
- Russian: пла́вать (plávatʹ) — to sail about
- Russian: плыть (plytʹ) — to sail about
- Spanish: navegar — to sail about
- Welsh: mordeithio — to sail about
- Welsh: mordwyo — to sail about
- Welsh: hwylio — to sail about
- Finnish: kulkea matkanopeudella — to travel at constant speed
- Finnish: ajaa matkanopeutta — to travel at constant speed
- Bulgarian: кръсто́свам (krǎstósvam) — to move leisurely
- Esperanto: krozi — to move leisurely
- Finnish: kuljeksia — to move leisurely
- Finnish: kuljeskella — to move leisurely
- Finnish: katsella — to move leisurely
- Hebrew: שׁוֹטֵט (shotét) — to move leisurely
- Finnish: arvioida — forestry: to estimate the quantity of lumber
- Dutch: cruisen — to seek a sexual partner
- Esperanto: krozi — to seek a sexual partner
- Estonian: lantima — to seek a sexual partner
- Finnish: kruisailla — to seek a sexual partner
- Irish: crúsáil — to seek a sexual partner
- Portuguese: caçar — to seek a sexual partner
- Finnish: kävellä tukea vasten — child development: to walk while holding on to an object
- Finnish: kävellä tukien — child development: to walk while holding on to an object
- Finnish: voittaa liput liehuen — sports: to win easily and convincingly
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