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to cycle

to cycle

10 1.8
To ride a bicycle
  • verb
  • /ˈsaɪkəl/
translation icon : andar en bicicleta
  • In the summer, I love to cycle along the coastal path near my home.

Now I cycle, I swim even when I travel.

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Examples

  • We can walk, we can cycle, we can take a private car, taxi, all sorts of things.

  • It will be the perfect time to cycle along the Queenstown trails.

  • I have breakfast in the mess and then I have to cycle half an hour.

  • Now I cycle, I swim even when I travel.

  • Now the question is, am I going to be able to cycle on this sand in these shoes?

  • Well, I am about to cycle home some 4 miles from the medical center in Houston.

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  • Michael and I used to cycle twice a week, and I've missed it so much.

  • I can cycle!

  • Around the city, dispatch riders cycle furiously from house to house, spreading the word.

  • There's nothing more peaceful than cycling through the lovely agricultural land of California's Central Valley.

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Synonyms

to ride
vsto cycle
1.0

To travel by bike, horse, or car

is specific to two-wheeled travel not any transport in general
to bike
vsto cycle
  • Informal
45 1.0

To ride a bicycle

covers both human and engine powered two-wheel travel
to pedal
vsto cycle
18 2.3

To move a bicycle by pushing the foot levers that turn the wheels

can mean either human pedaling or engine power on two wheels
to bicycle
vsto cycle
2 1.0

To ride a vehicle with two wheels that you pedal

includes both human-powered and engine-powered two-wheel travel
to motorcycle
vsto cycle
1 3.8

To ride a motorcycle for travel or fun

is broader covering motor and human-powered two-wheel travel
to motorbike
vsto cycle
3.7

To ride a two-wheeled vehicle with a motor

also includes human-powered two-wheel travel as well

Idioms

To stop poverty passing from parents to children

Phrasal Verbs

To stop a repeated harmful pattern by choosing to change

Compounds

25 2.6

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

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

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

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

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

5.4

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

5.2

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

How Fast

to fly
2.3
to drive
1.0
to cab
  • Informal
3 2.8
to cycle
10 1.8
to walk
1.0

Surface Forms

cycle infinitive
cycled past
cycled past participle
cycling present participle
cycles third person singular

Etymology

Cycle comes from the Greek kyklos meaning 'wheel', and the word is the same root as bicycle, so to cycle can simply mean 'to ride a bike' — to move on a wheeled vehicle you pedal.