cruise

A2 Topic:Maritime & Sailing

US /kɹuːz/ See IPA manual

Freq #4818

Meanings

1

noun
A holiday spent travelling on a ship and stopping at different places.

They went on a two-week cruise around the Mediterranean.
2

verb
To sail or travel about, especially for pleasure.

We spent the afternoon cruising slowly down the river.
3

verb
To drive around slowly and in a relaxed way.

They cruised through town in their new convertible.

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Word family

Forms cruisedcruisescruisingcruizing

Derived forms autocruisecruisablecruise-climbcruiseferrycruisegoercruiselikecruisercruisewaycruisewearcruiseycruisymicrocruise

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cruise missile
an unmanned flying weapon that carries its explosive charge to a target

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

cruce Middle Dutch crux Latin

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Topics

Maritime & Sailing Transportation

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# cruise

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kɹuːz/
**Frequency rank:** 4818

## Meanings
1. A holiday spent travelling on a ship and stopping at different places.
2. To sail or travel about, especially for pleasure.
3. To drive around slowly and in a relaxed way.

## Examples
- They went on a two-week cruise around the Mediterranean.
- We spent the afternoon cruising slowly down the river.
- They cruised through town in their new convertible.

## Derived Forms
- autocruise
- cruisable
- cruise-climb
- cruiseferry
- cruisegoer
- cruiselike
- cruiser
- cruiseway
- cruisewear
- cruisey
- cruisy
- microcruise

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cruce
- Root: crux

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

## AI Etymology
cruise was borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux. The historical chain includes Middle Dutch cruce, Latin crux. Current senses include A holiday spent travelling on a ship and stopping at different places and to sail or travel about, especially for pleasure. English relatives and later formations include autocruise, cruisable, cruise-climb.

## Topics
- Maritime & Sailing
- Transportation

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