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cruise
What does cruise mean?
cruise (verb): to sail about, especially for pleasure.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce cruise?
/kɹuz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cruise come from?
Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to cruise
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “cruise”?
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What does “cruise” mean?
to transport toward somebody/somewhere
Not quite: that's what bring means.
regard something as probable or likely
Not quite: that's what expect means.
to sail about, especially for pleasure
Right! That's what “cruise” means.
get something; come into possession of
Not quite: that's what receive means.
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