Cycles - English meaning

noun

A vehicle consisting of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.

Usage examples:

One difference is that a bus has many wheels whereas a bicycle has only two wheels.

verb

Ride a bicycle.

Usage examples:

They spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful devonshire countryside

noun

A vehicle with two wheels and a seat for a rider whose feet push pedals around in circles to make the wheels turn

Usage examples:

He rides his bicycle to school., i saw you bicycling through town yesterday.

noun

A bicycle or motorcycle.

Usage examples:

My friends and i would ride our bikes

verb

Ride a bicycle or motorcycle.

Usage examples:

Danny bikes to the park and back every day

noun

A nest or swarm of bees, wasps, or hornets.

Usage examples:

They swarmed over him like a bike of wasps

noun

A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).

Usage examples:

Draw a circle with a compass

verb

Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.

Usage examples:

They were circling athens airport

noun

A repeated decorative design.

Usage examples:

A neat blue herringbone pattern

verb

Decorate with a repeated design.

Usage examples:

He was sitting on a soft carpet patterned in rich colours

noun

A particular way in which something is done or organized, or in which something happens

Usage examples:

Our weather pattern comes from the northwest., a whole variety of behavior patterns affect infants.…

noun

A bicycle

noun

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.

Usage examples:

The country has had a socialist revolution

noun

A sudden and great change, esp. the violent change of a system of government

Usage examples:

[ u ] the country seems to be heading toward revolution., [ c ] the discovery of penicillin produce…

noun

A big change or improvement in the way that something works or looks, or in the way that people do a particular activity

Usage examples:

A revolution in sth facing up to climate change requires a revolution in business thinking., an eco…

noun

A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Usage examples:

Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing

An interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

noun

A regularly repeated pattern of sounds or beats used in music, poems, and dances

Usage examples:

[ c ] a jazz rhythm, [ u ] you need a sense of rhythm to be a good dancer., [ c ] the rhythm of a b…

noun

The action of rotating about an axis or centre.

Usage examples:

The moon moves in the same direction as the earth's rotation

noun

The act of turning around a fixed point

Usage examples:

[ c ] two rotations of the dial opens the lock., crop rotation

noun

The process of regularly changing the person who does a particular job, so that it is done at different times by different people

Usage examples:

In rotation they all work the night shift in rotation., italy has rules on the mandatory rotation o…

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

adverb

So as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.

Usage examples:

A plane circled round overhead

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

noun

A particular order in which related things follow each other.

Usage examples:

The content of the programme should follow a logical sequence

verb

Arrange in a particular order.

Usage examples:

Trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced

noun

A series of related things or events, or the order in which things or events follow each other

Usage examples:

[ c ] the first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that led to his death., [ c ] the …

noun

A number of events, objects, or people of a similar or related kind coming one after another.

Usage examples:

The explosion was the latest in a series of accidents

noun

A number of similar or related events or things, one following another

Usage examples:

A series of scandals over the past year has not helped public confidence in the administration.

noun

A number of similar or related events or things, one following another

Usage examples:

A series of events/interviews/meetings, a series of articles/books/studies this is the first of a s…

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

noun

A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other.

Usage examples:

She had been secretary to a succession of board directors

noun

A series of things coming one after another

Usage examples:

[ c ] a succession of scandals, [ u ] in rapid succession he lost his job, his wife, and his health…

noun

A number of similar people or events that exist or happen one after another

Usage examples:

A succession of sth the company has been involved in a succession of accounting scandals., they emp…

noun

A vehicle with two wheels, usually a bicycle

Usage examples:

She has given up her car and pedals around on a two-wheeler., many children begin by riding a tricy…