cruise

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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

The Nautilus cruised beneath the waters almost continuously. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
Of course this is just the place to cruise. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
"Quitting Rio on the 9th, we cruised for a day or two with H.M.S. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel

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