Cycle
WordNet
noun
(1) A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
(2) A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
"A year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
(3) A periodically repeated sequence of events
"A cycle of reprisal and retaliation"
(4) A series of poems or songs on the same theme
"Schubert's song cycles"
(5) The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
(6) An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
"The never-ending cycle of the seasons"
verb
(7) Recur in repeating sequences
(8) Ride a bicycle
(9) Ride a motorcycle
(10) Pass through a cycle
"This machine automatically cycles"
(11) Cause to go through a recurring sequence
"Cycle the laundry in this washing program"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art
- A programme/program on a washing machine, dishwasher, etc.
- Put the washing in on a warm cycle.
- A generic term for a pedal-powered vehicle (unicycles, bicycles and tricycles), or motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels (motorbike, motorcycle, motorized tricycle, motortrike).
- A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- Jones hit for the cycle in the game.
- a closed (directed) walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed
Verb
- To ride a cycle.
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- To turn power off and back on
- Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
- To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- They have their cycling game going tonight.