unicycle

«unicycle» in Mova's school dictionary: A cycle with only one wheel, pedals and a seat, ridden by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a unicycle, unicycles); verb (unicycle, rare)

meaning for a pupil

A cycle with only one wheel, pedals and a seat, ridden by balancing, often by clowns or performers. tree →

sense in the lessons

Appears in maths counting-wheels problems: bicycles have 2 wheels, tricycles 3, unicycles 1. The prefix uni- means one. Phrases: ride a unicycle.

examples

• The clown rode a unicycle around the ring. tree →
• A unicycle has only one wheel. tree →
• Riding a unicycle takes lots of balance. tree →
• There are 3 unicycles and 2 bicycles: how many wheels? Seven. tree →
• He learned to juggle on a unicycle. tree →
• My cousin can unicycle down the street. tree →

note

Uni- = one, bi- = two, tri- = three: unicycle 1 wheel, bicycle 2, tricycle 3. Use this for wheel-counting maths problems. Said "YOO-nee-sy-kul".

Trees and pragmatics

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