bicycle
verb/ˈbaɪsɪkl/
/ˈbaɪsɪkl/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bicycle | /ˈbaɪsɪkl/ /ˈbaɪsɪkl/ |
| he / she / it bicycles | /ˈbaɪsɪklz/ /ˈbaɪsɪklz/ |
| past simple bicycled | /ˈbaɪsɪkld/ /ˈbaɪsɪkld/ |
| past participle bicycled | /ˈbaɪsɪkld/ /ˈbaɪsɪkld/ |
| -ing form bicycling | /ˈbaɪsɪklɪŋ/ /ˈbaɪsɪklɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep.) to go somewhere on a bicycle compare bike, cycleTopics Sports: other sportsb1Word Originmid 19th cent.: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.
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