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bikes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bikes.

Editorial note

The attempted solution for that was the city bikes system, free bikes you could rent, in theory everywhere.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bikes gathered in one view.

noun

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

noun

Clipping of motorbike. [(informal) A motorcycle.]

noun

(Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bikes.

noun

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

noun

Clipping of motorbike. [(informal) A motorcycle.]

noun

(Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.

noun

(slang, derogatory) Ellipsis of village bike. [(UK, slang, derogatory) A local woman who is sexually promiscuous.]

Example sentences

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The attempted solution for that was the city bikes system, free bikes you could rent, in theory everywhere.

2

The problem is getting an accurate strain gauge that would work for different bikes, pedals, shoes.

3

The plan is to build better and better bikes.

4

More people would use bikes if they didn't have to actually own and maintain them, and care about theft.

5

The winter tires available for bikes are ok, but cycling outside in a huge winter suit is everything but.

6

People can take their bikes on S-trains, which come from >20km from the centre.

7

The more important issue in the US regarding bikes is the lack of density.

8

Hey, no, no muscles needed - the bikes has an electrical engine so whenever it's hilly you will get help from it.

9

I'll assume this is an AMA then:-) So how easy is it to ride one of those bikes?

10

In practice however, these bikes are nowhere to be found or somehow broken.

11

Which to me is a particular type of customer: lives in a city core, bikes or walks to work / uses mass transit.

12

They just put a lot of bikes at once in the city.

Quote examples

1

In Amsterdam, where it's flat enough that one-speed bikes are practical, fixies are called "Oma Fiets" for "Granny Bikes".

2

We're in the process of creating a transportation layer by combining tens of thousands of people with cars and bikes or on foot into a "programmable layer" that can be accessed through our API and utilized by third parties.

Proper noun examples

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Drones/Airplanes and Bikes/Cars are two different beasts.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bikes in a sentence?

The attempted solution for that was the city bikes system, free bikes you could rent, in theory everywhere.

What does bikes mean?

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

What part of speech is bikes?

bikes is commonly used as noun.