bike
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A machine with two wheels that one person sits on and moves along by pushing the pedals round with their feet.
I chain my bike to the railings outside the library.
The back tyre on my bike needs pumping up again.
Hundreds of bikes stand in the racks beside the station.
We hired bikes and followed the river path all afternoon.
Common collocations: ride a bike · get on a bike · fall off a bike · by bike · bike ride · mountain bike · bike lane
Part of: Means of transport, Sport
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
A road machine with two wheels and an engine, which one or two people ride sitting with a leg on each side.
The engine on that bike sounds far too loud for me.
Her brother repairs old bikes in the garage at weekends.
He pulled on his leather jacket and started the bike.
Common collocations: get on a bike · a powerful bike · bike helmet · ride a bike
Part of: Means of transport
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- B1
To travel to a place on a bicycle.
I bike to work every morning unless it is raining.
They biked forty kilometres along the coast before lunch.
We biked home slowly, talking the whole way there.
Common collocations: bike to work · bike to school · bike home · go biking
Part of: Means of transport, Exercise and fitness
Forms
- past
- biked
- plural
- bikes
- third_person
- bikes
- present_participle
- biking