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   wheel

   /wiːl/

   noun

   • 1. a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground: "a chair on wheels" Similar dischoopringcircle
   • ▪ a circular object that revolves on an axle and forms part of a machine.
   • ▪ used in reference to the cycle of a specified condition or set of events: "the final release from the wheel of life"
   • ▪ a large wheel used as an instrument of punishment or torture, especially by binding someone to it and breaking their limbs: historical "a man sentenced to be broken on the wheel"
   • 2. a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part.
   • ▪ the steering wheel of a vehicle or vessel: "his crew know when he wants to take the wheel"
   • ▪ a device with a revolving disc or drum used in various games of chance.
   • ▪ a system, or a part of a system, regarded as a relentlessly moving machine: "the wheels of justice"
   • 3. a car: informal "she's got wheels now"
   • 4. a thing resembling a wheel, in particular a cheese made in the form of a shallow disc: "a small wheel of Brie"
   • 5. an instance of wheeling; a turn or rotation. Similar turnrotationpivotswivelgyration
   • 6. short for big wheel informal North American
   • 7. a set of short lines, typically five in number and rhyming, concluding the stanza of a poem.

   verb

   • 1. push or pull (a vehicle with wheels): "Luke was wheeling a barrow" Similar pushtrundleroll
   • ▪ carry in or on a vehicle with wheels: "a young woman is wheeled into the operating theatre"
   • 2. (of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve: "the birds wheeled and dived" Similar turnturn roundgo roundrotaterevolvecircleorbit
   • ▪ turn round quickly so as to face another way: "Robert wheeled round to see the face of Mr Mafouz"
   • ▪ turn or seem to turn on an axis or pivot: "the stars wheeled through the sky"

   Word Origin Old Englishhwēol (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wheelless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishWHEEL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   WHEEL definition: 1. a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › wheelWheel Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of WHEEL is a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle. How to use wheel in a sentence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › wheelWHEEL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   noun. a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery. any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel. steering wheel.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishWHEEL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A wheel is a circular object which turns round on a rod attached to its centre. Wheels are fixed underneath vehicles so that they can move along.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › wheelWheel - definition of wheel by The Free Dictionary

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   wheel. (wēl, hwēl) n. 1. A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center. 2. Something that rotates like a wheel or or has a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as: a. The steering device on a vehicle. b. A potter's wheel. c. A water wheel. d. A spinning wheel.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishwheel noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Definition of wheel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. wheel. noun. /wiːl/ Idioms. on/in vehicles. [countable] one of the round objects under a car, bicycle, bus, etc. that turns when it moves. He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid. the rear wheels of the car.

8. www.yourdictionary.com › wheelWheel Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   A solid or partly solid disk, or a circular frame connected by spokes to a central hub, capable of turning on a central axis and used as to move vehicles or transmit power in machinery. Anything like a wheel in shape, movement, action, etc., as a fireworks device that revolves while burning.