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# unicycle

«unicycle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A cycle with only one wheel, pedals and a seat, ridden by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a unicycle, unicycles); verb (unicycle, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

A cycle with only one wheel, pedals and a seat, ridden by balancing, often by clowns or performers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Appears in maths counting-wheels problems: bicycles have 2 wheels, tricycles 3, unicycles 1. The prefix uni- means one. Phrases: ride a unicycle.

### examples

- The clown rode a unicycle around the ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#x1)
- A unicycle has only one wheel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#x2)
- Riding a unicycle takes lots of balance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#x3)
- There are 3 unicycles and 2 bicycles: how many wheels? Seven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#x4)
- He learned to juggle on a unicycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#x5)
- My cousin can unicycle down the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unicycle/#x6)

### note

Uni- = one, bi- = two, tri- = three: unicycle 1 wheel, bicycle 2, tricycle 3. Use this for wheel-counting maths problems. Said "YOO-nee-sy-kul".

### Trees and pragmatics

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