Cycle | Mean of cycle in English Dictionary

/ˈsaɪkəl/

• Noun
• a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order
1. the female menstrual cycle
2. These plants have a 2-year growth cycle. [=the plants live and die within two years]
3. the annual cycle of the seasons
4. the cycle of life and death
5. World leaders must do more to stop/break this cycle of violence.
• a set of regular and repeated actions that are done by a machine as part of a longer process
1. We have to wait for the dishwasher's wash and dry cycles to end.
2. the spin cycle on a washing machine
• a bicycle or motorcycle
1. He rode his cycle into town.
2. a cycle lane/path/route

• a group of poems, plays, songs, etc., that relate to the same subject and that together form a larger work
1. a cycle of 15 poems
2. a song cycle
• Verb
• to go through a repeated process or to cause (something) to go through a repeated process
1. The water is cycled back into/through the system after it has been used.
2. The water cycles back into/through the system.
• to ride a bicycle
1. He cycled [=biked, bicycled] across town to the library.