supercruise
supercruise · supercruises · supercruised · supercruising
To cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburnersTo cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.
Meaning
1 sensesTo cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.
The F-18 was able to supercruise 320 miles to the battlefield in 20 minutes and loiter there for an hour.
Forms
supercruises, supercruising, supercruised, supercruised| Base form | supercruise · to supercruise |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | supercruises |
| Present participle | supercruising |
| Past simple | supercruised |
| Past participle | supercruised |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.