cycle
verb/ˈsaɪkl/
/ˈsaɪkl/
[intransitive] (especially British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cycle | /ˈsaɪkl/ /ˈsaɪkl/ |
| he / she / it cycles | /ˈsaɪklz/ /ˈsaɪklz/ |
| past simple cycled | /ˈsaɪkld/ /ˈsaɪkld/ |
| past participle cycled | /ˈsaɪkld/ /ˈsaɪkld/ |
| -ing form cycling | /ˈsaɪklɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪklɪŋ/ |
- to ride a bicycle; to travel by bicycle
- measures to encourage more people to cycle
- + adv./prep. I usually cycle home through the park.
- He cycles ten miles to and from work every day.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.Definitions on the go
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