cycle

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a bicycle or motorcycle: We went for a cycle ride on Sunday. * a cycle route / track seealsoBIKE 2 the fact of a series of events being repeated many times, always in the same order: the cycle of the seasons * They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and misery. seealsoLIFECYCLE 3 a complete set or series, for example of movements in a machine: eight cycles per second * the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine) verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] (especially BrE) to ride a bicycle; to travel by bicycle: I usually cycle home through the park. compareBICYCLE, BIKE