cycle
noun
- a bicycle
noun
- interval where events occur and return to starting state
- multi-part work
- graph theory concept
- go through a cycle
verb
- ride a bicycle
- go through a circular process
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/ / [ˈsaɪ.kɫ̩] / [ˈsʌɪ.kəl]
noun
Etymology: From -cycle (in bicycle, monocycle, and tricycle), perhaps associated with etymology 1. Compare French cycle in the same sense. The verb is either from the noun or a clipping of bicycle (verb).
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
verb
Etymology: From -cycle (in bicycle, monocycle, and tricycle), perhaps associated with etymology 1. Compare French cycle in the same sense. The verb is either from the noun or a clipping of bicycle (verb).
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
“Sometimes I would cycle over to Beckenham to watch the boat trains and Kent Coast expresses of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, which seemed very superior to its future partner.”
“I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.”