Meaning & use
Cycled
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Rode a bicycle, or moved through a repeating series of events or states.
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They cycled from Amsterdam to Brussels over three days last summer.
The washing machine cycled through its rinse and spin settings automatically.
A note on using this word
Used both literally for bicycling and figuratively for anything that repeats in a regular sequence, such as machinery or seasons.
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