Past tense of cruise
regular verb
The past tense of cruise is cruised. The past participle is also cruised.
Forms of cruise
| Base form (V1) | cruise /kɹuːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cruised /kɹuːzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cruised /kɹuːzd/ |
| Present participle | cruising /ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | cruises /ˈkɹuːzɪz/ |
Cruised in a sentence
- Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.
- As I booze cruised home from the function, I gazed gleefully at the beautiful rising sun.From the entry booze cruise
- As they cruised, she remembered the old saw: Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?From the entry parkway
- Drug dealers cruised the streets, pushing heroin, or “tease and blues” as they called it.2006 July, Paul Kix, “Framed”, in D Magazine. From the entry Ts and blues
- "Took a disco nap around eight, then we cruised, drank, and had a lot of personal drama.'1997 December 8, Ian Spiegelman, “The End of the World Cafe”, in New York, volume 30, number 47, page 51. From the entry disco nap
Meaning of cruise
- noun A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
- noun Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
- noun A period spent in the Marine Corps.
Questions about the past tense of cruise
- What is the past tense of cruise?
- The past tense of cruise is cruised.
- What is the past participle of cruise?
- The past participle of cruise is cruised.
- Is cruise a regular or irregular verb?
- Cruise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cruise (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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