cycle
part of speech
noun (cycle, cycles); verb (cycle, cycles, cycled, cycling)
meaning for a pupil
1) A cycle is something that happens again and again in the same order, like the seasons or day and night. tree →
2) To cycle means to ride a bike. A cycle is also a bike. tree →
3) A cycle is one full round of a machine, like a washing machine cycle. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a repeating pattern counted in rounds: find the length of the cycle and use the remainder to find the place; a bike ride with a distance and speed: distance = speed × time. In science: the water cycle, the life cycle of a frog or butterfly. Safety: wear a helmet and use cycle lanes. Phrases: life cycle, water cycle, cycle lane, cycle path, go cycling, washing cycle.
examples
- He cycled 12 km in an hour. tree →
- A washing cycle takes 40 minutes. tree →
- The light cycle is red, green, yellow, then again. tree →
- She cycles to school 5 days a week. tree →
- The water cycle moves water from the sea to the clouds and back. tree →
- We learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. tree →
- Ride in the cycle lane, not on the footpath. tree →
- The moon goes through a cycle of shapes in about a month. tree →
note
Related words: bicycle, tricycle, recycle, cyclist. A repeat: find the length of the cycle and use the remainder to find the place. A ride: distance = speed × time. Trap: if a pattern of 3 repeats, the 10th item is the same as the 1st (10 ÷ 3 leaves 1).
In the corpora
- Waiting while they grow is called cycling the tank.
- A helmet greatly lowers the chance of a serious head injury when cycling, skating or scootering.
- Rocks are slowly recycled from one type into another in the rock cycle.
- The rock cycle is powered by the Sun's energy at the surface and the Earth's inner heat below.
- One trip around the rock cycle usually takes millions of years.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cycle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.