cycling

Pluralcyclings (some meanings)

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The activity of riding a bicycle for fun, travel, or exercise.

   Like walking to get somewhere, but on two wheels instead of your feet.

   Cycling is a cheap and healthy way to get around the city.

   Many families enjoy cycling on quiet country roads.

   Similarbiking

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The sport of racing bicycles, on roads or on special tracks.

   Like running races, but on bicycles instead of on foot.

   Cycling has been an Olympic sport since the modern Games began in 1896.

   She took up competitive cycling after watching the Tour de France.

   Similarbiking

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of cycle. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.

   She was cycling to school when it began to rain.

   The children were cycling around the park all morning.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   An action or process that keeps repeating in a regular pattern.

   Like a washing machine that runs the same steps over and over.

   The cycling of nutrients through the food web supports all living things.

   Each cycling of the heat pump warmed the room a little more.

   Similarcirculation

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5. 5
   adjective

   Moving or changing again and again in a repeating pattern.

   The cycling temperatures between day and night slowly cracked the rock.

   The cycling lights on the sign turned red, then green, then blue, and started over.

   Similarrecurring, periodic, repeating

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