BICYCLE

bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle

(noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel

(verb) ride a bicycle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bicycle (plural bicycles)

A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.

Synonyms: bike (clipping), pushbike, velocipede (historical), Thesaurus:bicycle

Hypernym: cycle

A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.

The best possible hand in lowball.

(British, AU, NZ) A motorbike.

(vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) a slut; a promiscuous woman

Verb

bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)

(intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

Source: Wiktionary


Bi"cy*cle, n. Etym: [Pref. bi- + cycle.]

Definition: A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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