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cycled

Variant of cycle

noun

  1. a recurring period of a definite number of years, used as a measure of time
  2. a period of time within which a round of regularly recurring events or phenomena is completed: the business cycle
  3. a complete set of events or phenomena recurring in the same sequence
  4. a very long period of time; an age
  5. all of the traditional or legendary poems, songs, etc. connected with a hero or an event: the Charlemagne cycle
  6. a series of poems or songs on the same theme
  7. a bicycle, tricycle, or motorcycle
  8. Astron., Archaic the orbit of a celestial body
  9. Biol. a recurring series of functional changes or events
  10. Elec. one complete period of the reversal of an alternating current from positive to negative and back again

intransitive verb cycled, cycling

  1. to occur or recur in cycles; pass through a cycle
  2. to ride a bicycle, tricycle, or motorcycle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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