cycle
/ˈsaɪ.kəl/ verb B1- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- To turn power off and back on · Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
- To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal · They have their cycling game going tonight.
He/she/it cycles · Past cycled · Past participle cycled · -ing form cycling
Verb forms
- Base form
- cycle
- He/she/it
- cycles
- Past
- cycled
- Past participle
- cycled
- -ing form
- cycling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A cycle map of the county lay on his bedroom table.
Presumably he at once concealed his cycle among the laurels where it was found, and possibly lurked there himself, with his eye on the house, waiting for Mr.
His Pall Mall lodgings, the Diogenes Club, Whitehall—that is his cycle.
As the looming deadline approaches, the original anxiety returns with significantly greater force, creating a debilitating cycle of avoidance and panic.
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