English Explanatory Dictionary

cycling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cycle
noun
  1. The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
  2. Bicycling.
  3. The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.
  4. Any cyclic action or process.
adj
  1. That undergoes a cyclic motion or process.

Pronunciation

/ˈsaɪk(ə)lɪŋ/ en-us-cycling.ogg

Word forms

cycling cyclings

Etymology

By surface analysis, cycle + -ing.

Synonyms

biking cycle sport race cycling

Derived words

anticycling autocycling cycling shorts gravel cycling microcycling noncycling overcycling paracycling road cycling subcycling thermocycling track cycling vehicular cycling

Translations

Arabic: رُكُوب الدَّرَاجَات Czech: cyklistika Dutch: fietsen German: Radfahren German: Fahrradfahren Japanese: 自転車利用 Norman: pédal'lie Russian: езда́ на велосипе́де Russian: велоезда́ Tajik: дучархаронӣ
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