Bicycle
['baɪsɪkl]
Definition
(noun.) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals.
(verb.) ride a bicycle.
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.
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Definition
n. a cycle or velocipede with two wheels furnished with rubber tires arranged one before the other impelled by pedals and steered by transverse handles affixed to the front wheel—also Bike (colloq.).—n. Bī′cyclist.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of riding a bicycle up hill, signifies bright prospects. Riding it down hill, if the rider be a woman, calls for care regarding her good name and health; misfortune hovers near.
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Examples
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One is the bicycle with the Palmer tire, and we see what that has led to. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The most important of all modern improvements on the bicycle was perhaps the pneumatic tire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I would offer you a sovereign for the use of a bicycle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is, as you may have observed, a bicycle shop next to our inn. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A characteristic trend of the present age is toward increased speed in everything, and the most conspicuous example of accelerated speed in late years is the bicycle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He could not see Miaja on a bicycle even in his most patriotic imagination, but Karkov said it was true. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Were there other bicycles in this shed? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The invention and extensive use of bicycles, automobiles, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Other French racing bicycles were no doubt in existence, but there is no history which can ascribe any truly constructive innovations in motorcycle making to any foreign country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These vapour engines are used for vapour launches, bicycles and automobiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is estimated that in 1889 the total product of bicycles in this country reached 200,000 machines annually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Most of them were for bicycles which, as improved to-day, are not only as fleet as the birds, but almost as countless in numbers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Do they ride bicycles in America? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- My father had a small factory at Coventry, which he enlarged at the time of the invention of bicycling. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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