bicycle

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Writing a book and riding a bicycle were alike outside her calculations of a scheme of life.

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  1. noun A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two wire-spoked wheels one behind the other and having a seat, handlebars for steering, brakes, and two pedals or a small motor by which it is driven.
  2. noun An exercise bicycle.
  3. intransitive verb To ride or travel on a bicycle.

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  • Rather, she remembers a man who fixed her toys, "made sure my bicycle was always in good condition," who built her a pair of stilts, who took her fishing off the Manhattan Beach pier early on Sunday mornings, who helped her raise homing pigeons. —  The Orange County Register - Homepage
  • Attached to the bicycle was a cable that, as Marston pedaled, lifted a 25-pound bag of explosives up toward a steep hillside in an area dubbed Airplane. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • In 2009 terms, our bicycle is the USM-H campus and unlike "Bird," who only wanted to play a prank on me, there are people, including Del. —  The Herald-Mail Online
  • Plus, as predicted, the bicycle has been a serious competitor to knitting. —  slippedstitch
  • No explosive materials were found, airport officials said, but the owner of the bicycle was arrested and taken into police custody. —  This Just In
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably bi-1 + -cycle (on the model of tricycle, three-wheeled coach).

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  1. from Latin bi-, two-, + cyclus, from Greek κίκλος, a circle, a wheel: see cycle.
  2. from bicycle, n.
 

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/ˈbaɪsɪkl/
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