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cycle

26 1.8

A two-wheeled vehicle you move by pedaling

noun
/ˈsaɪkəl/

: bicicleta

After buying a new cycle, she couldn't wait to test it on the local bike trails.
ride a cycle
a cycle track
stationary cycle

Lo and behold, I have a bigger cycle now like that.

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Examples

One form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk or cycle alone with members of your household.
The number of minutes each participant rode the cycle and the number of revolutions of the pedals were recorded.

Academic text (2007)
I still got the cycle.

The Sugarland Express (1974)
Coming home from school, he would jump down from the cycle and go straight to Shupla's room.

Fiction book (2002)
Look, Claudette just got off her cycle.

Woo (1998)
Twenty-five college students rode a stationary exercise cycle to exhaustion or 45 minutes.

Academic text (2007)
Participants exercised on a Monarch 818E cycle and Landice L9 treadmill.

Academic text (2009)
He rode his cycle to the park on a sunny afternoon.
Claudette enjoys taking her cycle out for a spin every weekend.

Synonyms

bike

vscycle

Informal

950 1.0

A two-wheeled vehicle that you ride by pushing its pedals with your feet

is the more neutral or general term for the same vehicle

bicycle

vscycle

280 1.0

A vehicle with two wheels that you pedal

is an alternative everyday name for the same two-wheeled vehicle

tandem

vscycle

11 3.9

A bicycle with two seats, one behind the other

is the single-rider vehicle rather than a two-person design

bicycle-built-for-two

vscycle

1 3.5

A bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals for two riders

is meant for a single rider rather than dual riding

tandem bicycle

vscycle

1 2.8

A vehicle with two seats for two people who pedal while sitting one behind the other

is used for a single rider rather than for two people

push-bike

vscycle

1 2.7

A bicycle that you move by pedalling

is the general term that does not stress motor power

safety bike

vscycle

Archaic

4.0

A bicycle with two same-size wheels and a chain that turns the rear wheel

is the broader two-wheeled vehicle not limited to that design

Idioms

to break the cycle of poverty

1 4.2

To stop poverty passing from parents to children

Compounds

life cycle

25 2.6

A series of stages a living thing or product goes through from beginning to end

vicious cycle

14 4.8

A situation where one problem causes another and makes things worse

business cycle

Specialized

12 3.5

Repeated periods when an economy grows and then shrinks

menstrual cycle

Specialized

9 3.4

A natural monthly change in a woman's body that prepares for pregnancy

carbon cycle

Specialized

3 3.9

Movement of carbon between the air, living things, soil, and oceans

cycle per second

Archaic

2 4.1

A unit for frequency equal to one complete cycle in one second

cycle of rebirth

Literature

1 7.6

A process of being born again after death many times until you become free

cycle rickshaw

1 3.9

A small three-wheeled vehicle that a person pedals to carry passengers for money

Krebs cycle

Specialized

1 5.1

A series of chemical reactions in cells that make energy, carbon dioxide, and water

carbon cycle

Specialized

6.7

A process in hot stars where carbon helps hydrogen join to form helium

cardiac cycle

Specialized

4.2

Events in the heart from one beat to the next, including the upper and lower chambers tightening and relaxing

Carnot cycle

Specialized

9.6

An ideal engine process that shows the highest efficiency a heat engine can reach

Carnot's ideal cycle

Specialized

9.9

A model of a perfect machine that turns heat into work to show the highest possible efficiency

citric acid cycle

Specialized

7.3

A series of chemical reactions in the mitochondria of cells that make energy

fixed-cycle operation

Specialized

6.7

An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers

food cycle

Specialized

4.2

A system where energy and nutrients move between plants, animals and tiny living things that break down dead matter

Krebs citric acid cycle

Specialized

6.9

A series of reactions in the cell's mitochondria that change food molecules into energy

nitrogen cycle

Specialized

4.2

Process that moves nitrogen through soil, plants, animals, and air

trade cycle

5.4

A pattern of rises and falls in the economy, like growth and recession

tricarboxylic acid cycle

Specialized

5.2

A series of chemical reactions in cells that make energy from food

Surface Forms

cycle singular

cycles plural

Etymology

Cycle comes from the Greek kyklos meaning 'wheel', the same root you see in bicycle which means 'two wheels', so a cycle is a wheeled vehicle you pedal.