Meaning

10 senses
  1. A vehicle that has two primary 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.

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

  2. (broadly, proscribed, sometimes)Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.

    Fahrrad, Velo, Drahtesel

    велосипе́дvelosipéd, ве́ликvélik

    велосипе́дvelosypéd, ро́верróver

  3. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.

  4. The best possible hand in lowball.

  5. (Australia, New Zealand, UK)A motorbike.

  6. (slang, vulgar)A slut; a promiscuous woman.

  7. A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.

  8. (slang)The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.

  9. A bicyclic molecule.

  10. Two interconnected metabolic cycles.

Examples

1889 sentences
  1. Your bicycle is similar to mine.

    Твій велосипед такий самий, як і в мене.

    ruУ тебя такой же велосипед, как и у меня.

    deDein Fahrrad ist so ähnlich wie meins.

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  2. Your bicycle is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий від мого.

    ruТвой велосипед лучше моего.

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins.

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  3. Yesterday I had my bicycle stolen.

    Вчора хтось вкрав мій велосипед.

    ruУ меня вчера украли велосипед.

    deMir wurde gestern mein Fahrrad gestohlen.

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  4. I had my bicycle fixed yesterday.

    Мій велосипед полагодили сьогодні.

    ruЯ починил свой велосипед вчера.

    deIch habe mir gestern das Fahrrad reparieren lassen.

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  5. Will you lend me your bicycle?

    Можеш позичити мені свій велосипед?

    ruТы мне одолжишь свой велосипед?

    deLeihst du mir dein Fahrrad?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By s

Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By surface analysis, bi- + cycle. First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.

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Forms

plural: bicycles
Singularbicycle
Pluralbicycles

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals:bikewheelcycle

Word family

63 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • ride a bicycle
  • a new bicycle
  • new bicycle
  • rode his bicycle
  • stole my bicycle
  • ride my bicycle
  • have a bicycle
  • stole his bicycle
  • school by bicycle
  • use my bicycle
  • ride your bicycle
  • work by bicycle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bicycle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto