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cycle

noun

  1. a bicycle
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noun

  1. interval where events occur and return to starting state
  2. multi-part work
  3. graph theory concept
  4. go through a cycle
L7086 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. ride a bicycle
  2. go through a circular process
L7087 on Wikidata ↗

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).

  1. A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
  2. 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).

  1. 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.