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bike

bike [noun]

a bicycle

US /baɪk/ 
UK /baɪk/ 
Example: 

It would be better for the environment if more people used bikes rather than cars.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bike

 noun (informal)
a bicycle or a motorbike:
I go to school by bike.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bike

I. bike1 S2 /baɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: bicycle]
1. a bicycle:
Let’s go for a bike ride.
by bike
They’ll be coming by bike.
2. informal a ↑motorcycle
3. on your bike! British English spoken used to tell someone rudely to go away
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
go somewhere by bike I usually go to work by bike.
ride a bike Her Dad taught her to ride a bike and to drive.
get on/off a bike He got off his bike and walked with her for a while.
rent a bike (also hire a bike British English) You can rent bikes and explore the island's cycle paths.
■ types of bike
a mountain bike (=a strong bicycle for riding over rough ground) They went out for a country ride on their mountain bikes.
a racing bike He bought a cool new racing bike.
an exercise bike (=used for exercising indoors) I usually go on the exercise bike and the rowing machine.
■ bike + NOUN
a bike ride We used to go for long bike rides in the summer holidays.
a bike race The Tour de France is a famous bike race.
a bike shed They used to meet behind the bike sheds at school.
a bike rack (=a metal frame that you can attach your bike to) All stations should provide bike racks for passengers.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bike

bike [bike bikes biked biking] noun, verb   [baɪk]    [baɪk] 

noun
(informal)
1. a bicycle
She got on her bike and rode off.
I usually go to work by bike.

see also  mountain bike, pushbike, quad bike

2. a motorcycle 
Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: abbreviation.  
Example Bank:
He got on his bike and rode off.
She came off her bike when it skidded on some wet leaves.
She pedalled her bike up the track.
She tried to pedal her bike up the track.
We had to push our bikes up the hill.
We watched the boys on their bikes.
Idiom: on your bike!

Derived Word: biking 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

bike / baɪk / noun [ C ]

A1 a bicycle:

It would be better for the environment if more people used bikes rather than cars.

My youngest child is learning to ride a bike.

B1 informal a motorcycle

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bike

[ba͟ɪk]
 ♦♦♦
 bikes, biking, biked

 1) N-COUNT A bike is a bicycle or a motorcycle. [INFORMAL]
 2) VERB To bike somewhere means to go there on a bicycle. [INFORMAL]
  [V adv/prep] I biked home from the beach.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1bike /ˈbaɪk/ noun, pl bikes [count]
1 : bicycle
• She rode her bike to school.
• a bike path
2 : motorcycle
- see also dirt bike, motorbike

bicycle

bicycle [noun]
US /ˈbaɪ.sə.kəl/ 
UK /ˈbaɪ.sɪ.kəl/ 
Example: 

I ​ride my bicycle to ​work.

A vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing its pedals with your feet.

bicycle - دوچرخه
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

I ​ride my bicycle to ​work.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bicycle

 (also informal) bike) noun
a vehicle with two wheels. You sit on a bicycle and move your legs to make the wheels turn:
Can you ride a bicycle?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bicycle

I. bicycle1 W3 /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: bi- + -cycle (as in tricycle)]

a vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing its ↑pedals with your feet SYN bike:
Can James ride a bicycle yet? ⇨ ↑exercise bike
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In everyday English, people usually say bike rather than bicycle:
▪ They go everywhere by bike.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
ride a bicycle Riding a bicycle is very good exercise.
get on/off a bicycle I got on my bicycle and cycled over to Rob’s house.
push/wheel a bicycle (=walk beside it pushing it) She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.
■ bicycle + NOUN
a bicycle shop (also bicycle store American English) His dream was to own a bicycle shop.
a bicycle ride They went for a 50 km bicycle ride.
a bicycle wheel/tyre My front bicycle tyre is flat.
a bicycle pump (=for putting more air in a tyre) Where’s the bicycle pump?
a bicycle helmet It’s safer to wear a bicycle helmet.
a bicycle shed (=place for keeping bicycles in) He built a bicycle shed in the back yard.
II. bicycle2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
formal to go somewhere by bicycle SYN bike, cycle
—bicyclist noun [countable]

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bicycle

bi·cycle [bicycle bicycles bicycled bicycling] noun, verb   [ˈbaɪsɪkl]    [ˈbaɪsɪkl]

noun

(also informal bike)
a road vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing the pedals with your feet
He got on his bicycle and rode off.
We went for a bicycle ride on Sunday.  
Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: from bi-  ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.  
Example Bank:
Did you come by bicycle?
He mounted his bicycle and rode off.
I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.
She came off her bicycle when it skidded on some wet leaves.
She pedalled her bicycle up the track.
• She tried to pedal her bicycle up the track.

• We watched the boys on their bicycles.

verb intransitive (+ adv./prep.) (old-fashioned)
to go somewhere on a bicycle
compare  bike, cycle
Verb forms:
 
Word Origin:

mid 19th cent.: from bi-  ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bicycle

bicycle /ˈbaɪ.sɪ.kļ/
noun [C]
a two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on and move by turning the two pedals (= flat parts you press with your feet):
I go to work by bicycle.
He got on his bicycle and rode off.
You should never ride your bicycle without lights at night.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bicycle

/baɪsɪk(ə)l/
(bicycles)

A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels which you ride by sitting on it and pushing two pedals with your feet. You steer it by turning a bar that is connected to the front wheel.

= bike

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1bi·cy·cle /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/ noun, pl -cy·cles [count] : a 2-wheeled vehicle that a person rides by pushing on foot pedals
• She rode her bicycle [=bike] to school.
• They toured Europe on bicycles. = They toured Europe by bicycle.
• Let's go for a bicycle ride [=ride our bicycles for pleasure] after work tonight.

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