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cycle

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Synonyms: cyle, cyclo, cycl, cycl-, ccle

Antonyms: cyle, cyclo, cycl, cycl-, ccle

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Noun

  1. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
    • the cycle of the seasons, or of the year
  2. A complete rotation of anything.
  3. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
    • electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle
  4. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
  5. A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
    • The Ring of the Nibelung is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.
  6. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
    • Put the washing in on a warm cycle.
    • the spin cycle
  7. 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.
  8. A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
  9. A chain whose boundary is zero.
  10. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
  11. An age; a long period of time.
  12. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
  13. One entire round in a circle or a spire.
  14. A discharge of a taser.
  15. One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
  16. A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
    • The deterioration of his physique may be a result of his being off cycle.
  17. A hertz; cycle per second.

Verb

  1. To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
  2. To turn power off and back on
    • Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
  3. 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.

Noun

  1. A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
  2. A bicycle.

Verb

  1. To ride a bicycle or other cycle.

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