trike

«trike» in Mova's school dictionary: A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a trike, trikes)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small children. tree →

2) (informal) A motorbike with three wheels. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, toddlers ride trikes. In maths wheel-counting problems: a trike has 3 wheels. Phrases: ride a trike.

examples

• My little sister rides a red trike. tree →
• A trike has three wheels. tree →
• There are 4 trikes in the shed: how many wheels? Twelve. tree →
• He pedalled his trike round the garden. tree →
• Grandad rode a motor trike to the beach. tree →
• The trikes and bikes are parked by the gate. tree →

note

Short for tricycle. Tri- means three. Wheel counting: unicycle 1, bike 2, trike 3. Countable: a trike, trikes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trike» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.