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# motorcycle

«motorcycle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, ridden like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a motorcycle, motorcycles); verb (motorcycle, motorcycles, motorcycled, motorcycling — less common)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, ridden like a bicycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#m1)

2) (verb) To travel on a motorcycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a motorcycle is a road vehicle; riders must wear a helmet and have a licence. In maths it appears in speed, distance and wheel-counting problems (a motorcycle has 2 wheels). Short forms: motorbike (UK, Australia), bike. Phrases: ride a motorcycle, on a motorcycle, motorcycle helmet.

### examples

- My uncle rides a motorcycle to work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x1)
- A motorcycle has two wheels and a car has four. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x2)
- The motorcycle roared past the school gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x3)
- Always wear a helmet on a motorcycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x4)
- A motorcycle travels 60 miles in one hour; how far in three hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x5)
- The police officer arrived on a motorcycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x6)
- They motorcycled across the country in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/#x7)

### note

Countable: one motorcycle, two motorcycles. Motorbike means the same; a moped or scooter is smaller and slower. A bicycle has pedals and no engine. In counting problems, each motorcycle counts as 2 wheels.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «motorcycle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorcycle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.