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cycle

2 verb
     
Related topics: Bicycles, Carts, Horses
cycle2
1TTB [intransitive] especially British English to travel by bicycle [= bike American English]
cycle to/down/home etc
Do you cycle to work?
2 [intransitive and transitive] American English to go through a series of related events again and again, or to make something do this:
The water is cycled through the machine and reused.
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