wheel1 nounwheel2 verb
wheelwheel1 /wiːl/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINwheel1
Origin:
Old English hweogol, hweolEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A big wheel in local government.
- As soon as they were taken from shelter, they began to slide on locked wheels over the yard, and then to tilt.
- By Easter 1991 the above were well on the way, and the wheels had also been fitted.
- I let myself droop against the steering wheel.
- I missed the slower trains with the lounge cars and the rackety wheels.
- Locomotives weighing thirty or forty tons caused havoc where wheel met rail, iron rails sometimes needing replacement every two years.
- Outside, a dozen gleaming Harleys were parked in a row, backed in, wheels cut to the left, identical.
- The real danger to the mountain vegetation comes not from cycle wheels but from acid rain and global warming.
Longman Language Activatorto drive a car, train, or other vehicle
to drive a car, bus, train etc: · Drive carefully - the roads are very icy.· They drive on the left in the UK.learn to drive: · I'm learning to drive. In fact, I take my test next week.drive a car/bus/truck etc: · We need someone to drive the school bus.· "What car do you drive?" "A Fiat Brava."· Driving a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool was one of the most dangerous stunts Crawford had to perform.
the activity of driving a car or other road vehicle: · Driving in central London is pretty unpleasant.dangerous/reckless/bad/careless driving: · She was arrested for dangerous driving.driving lesson: · I got driving lessons for my 18th birthday.driving offence: · The man was stopped by police for an alleged driving offence.
to drive a vehicle with two wheels, for example a bicycle or motorcycle: · I ride a bicycle to work every day.· Riding a motorcycle is safer than riding a scooter.· After you've been riding a bike all day, you're really glad to reach your campsite.
to control the direction that a vehicle is going in by turning the wheel: · Even the children had a go at steering the boat.· Steer slightly to the right as you enter the bend.steering wheel (=the part of a car that you turn to change direction): · You can adjust the height of the steering wheel.
to be the person who is driving a car, bus etc: · An old Pontiac pulled up, with a young Mexican man at the wheel.· Seymour was glad to be behind the wheel again after his two-year ban.
to be the person who is driving or controlling a large vehicle such as a plane: · The King himself was at the controls when his helicopter landed.· The power boat, with Don at the controls, swept around the bay.be at the controls of: · When I was a child I used to imagine myself at the controls of a fighter plane.
the activity of driving a stolen car very fast and dangerously for excitement: · Joyriding is the most common type of crime among boys under 18.go joyriding: · A group of youths went joyriding in stolen cars, causing three accidents before the police caught them.
WORD SETSball bearing, nounbelt, nouncog, nouncombustion chamber, nounconveyor belt, nouncoolant, nouncooling system, nouncrank, verbdifferential, noundisengage, verbdismantle, verbdrive, nounfour-stroke engine, nounfuel cell, nounfulcrum, noungear, nounheat pump, nounhydraulic, adjectiveinertia, nounmechanical, adjectivemechanical engineering, nounmill, nounmillstone, nounmillwheel, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectiveneutral, nounnuclear reactor, nounoil pan, nounpivot, nounpropulsion, nounpulley, nounpump, nounrace, verbratchet, nounreactor, nounregulate, verbretract, verbrev, verbrev, nounrotor, nounselector, nounstarter motor, nounstress, nounstressed, adjectivestrip, verbsump, nounsupercharged, adjectivetemplate, nountop gear, nountorque, nountwo-stroke, adjectiveuniversal joint, nounvalve, nounwheel, nounwinch, nounwindlass, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving). Once the house had been sold, Jane set the wheels in motion (=started the process) to find somewhere smaller to live.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid.
· The rear wheels of the bus got stuck in a creek.
verbs· The wheels went slowly around.
(=turns around quickly, when the vehicle is not going along)· The rear wheels spun in the sand.
phrases (=the thin metal bars that connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle wheel)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving). (=walk beside it pushing it)· She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.
· My front bicycle tyre is flat.
Once the house had been sold, Jane set the wheels in motion (=started the process) to find somewhere smaller to live.· One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel.
· Jekub's back wheels were nearly as high as a human.· If the car begins to fishtail, the back wheels have lost grip.· He stabbed the brake, stabbed too hard, and his back wheels slurred in the dirt.· His breathing sounds like the cardboard flap you pin to the back wheel of your bike to make a motorcycle.· The discharged cartridge cases were in the roadway and the gutter, close to the back wheel of the taxi.· If you have quick release wheels, take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel.· Later I removed the back wheel, refitted it, adjusted the chain tension and replaced a headlight bulb.· I felt the sinking whir of the back wheel as it dug its own grave.
· It was red in colour and had much bigger wheels than the ordinary farm cart.· Not that I was ever a big enough wheel in the machine to precipitate its destruction on my own.· A big wheel in local government.· The big wheel came round our way.· Because this was the contraption's trial run, it was to be driven manually by turning the big wheel.· He was a big wheel in Bucharest Securitate, Mr Manescu.· Hundreds of them were clutching the strings lashed to the big steering wheel above them.
· So first I disconnect the cable where it joins the front wheel.· Even if front and rear wheels are losing grip, the unit favors the set with the least amount of grab.· He let go the clutch, lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank, sand-spit dead ahead.· On our way to Montana our right front wheel come off and we were stranded on the road most all that day.· The pedals were fitted with toe-traps, which ensured that I landed chin first in whatever caused the front wheel to skid.· A stone had been dislodged by the front wheel and had punctured our diesel tank.· Alpine roads are better surfaced than they were, but still a patch of grit can start a front wheel sliding.· Lumberjack came leaping around his front wheel, and he had to go slow.
· Christopher Smalley's men had already destroyed the great wheels in the winding-house.· And I knew that the great wheel which rose so easily was not what I wanted.· If this turns out to the case the great wheel of horticulture really will have turned full circle.· A succession of marquees led to the fairground complex, dominated by a great ferris wheel.· Things aren't so great at the wheel, however.
· Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid, the direction in which the rear wheels are sliding.· The motor drives the car's single rear wheel by means of a chain.· Most often this occurs when you are braking a front-drive car and the rear wheels lock up.· I think it was Zonta and I hit him on the rear wheel.· Both are still on show in Niagara, complete with the rear wheels.· And use the extra money to get those rear wheels working for a living.· After further processing, hydrogen is delivered to a stack of fuel cells energizing electric motors that drive the rear wheels.
· Distaffs may also be attached to a spinning wheel or be floor standing.· In one corner stood a spinning wheel, the threads still pulled tight.· In twenty seconds more they were gone, to the sound of spinning wheels on the ice and grinding gears.· He confessed to enjoying making spinning wheels and rocking horses in his spare time.· He would have preferred a spinning wheel for her to sit at, but one had to move forward with the times.· She is also making good progress at her spinning wheel.
· He clenched the steering wheel so hard that the car wobbled, and he hastily righted it.· The device incorporates a high tensile steel tube which clamps to the steering wheel and an integral alarm.· Anyone who knew him will gladly testify that he was a disaster behind a steering wheel.· Shore power is standard and the rim of the steering wheel is hide covered.· Karen smiled with enthusiasm at the car-like steering wheel of the boat.· Added features include seat and steering wheel height adjustment.· Laidlaw banged the steering wheel angrily with his fist.· I kept on going straight right up until the last second and then I wrenched the steering wheel hard over.
NOUN· Here a salesman flaunts his status by showing the sunshine roof, electric windows and alloy wheels on his family saloon.· An extra $ 1, 000 gets you our tester, which also had alloy wheels and anti-lock brakes.· Male speaker One was a white Escort with alloy wheels.· New 8J×16ins alloy wheels, under subtly flared wheelarches, distinguishing the 500E from other W124s.· New features include three new alloy wheel designs and much-needed new stalk controls.· And the test car, which had a full service history, also featured alloy wheels and burglar alarm.· I am fully rebuilding my 1974 Range Rover and would like to fit Vogue alloy wheels.
· This may explain its reluctance to come out of four wheel drive.· Furthermore, I often took detours to avoid sand which the Land Rover had gone through using its four wheel drive.· This is permanent four wheel drive with a free wheel overrun clutch in the front output to stop transmission wind up.· Replace both so that you can use four wheel drive.· Normally, this is done through land-wheel drive to maintain consistent application.· Additions to the range followed rapidly, all of which follow the same formula of transverse engine layout and front wheel drive.· At present it is only two wheel drive.
· This was to prevent sparks from train wheels and engines reaching the gunpowder stores.· Most of the night, the sound of the train wheels had kept her awake.· I could not sleep for sheer fatigue. Train wheels, bustle.· The train wheels turned above the steel tangents.
· Power was provided by a pair of water wheels driven by the Inchbrook.· Tesla was obsessed by water wheels and turbines.· Apart from the obvious iron water wheel, there are two sets of stones complete with damsels, hoppers, tuns etc.· Even into the nineteenth century there were thirty water wheels turning along it.· It now houses a restored water wheel and steam engine.· Teacher: It's a water wheel.· By 1940, the water wheel had been scrapped.· The water wheel was constructed from an electric cable spool.
VERB· He gripped the wheel tightly and held his face quite close to the windscreen.· But the ride keeps you gripping the wheel.· The Doctor swung himself round the door and gripped the locking wheel.· Shortly after lunch, Durkin, attired in his motoring outfit, climbed into the car and gripped the steering wheel.· Repeat the tilt to the right side. Grip the steering wheel lightly with both hands.· But no, he thought as he gripped the wheel.· Miguel stopped, gripping the wheel as he came to a red light.
· Christmas cash keeps the wheels of the economy oiled.· It is important to keep the wheels rolling; rolling wheels have traction.· But if you can keep both wheels on the ground, the engine does have enough pace for decent progress.· But the ride keeps you gripping the wheel.· The executive keeps the wheels turning not by solving routine questions but by tackling the tough ones.· Her fingers still clung to the spokes, keeping one wheel out of action.· Press the legs of the barrow into the sand but keep the wheel on the road so that it doesn't get stuck.
· Gossiping, after all, is an important trade that oils the wheels of other people's industry.· Normally Paul would have been circulating with the best of them, oiling the wheels.· Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.· A certain level of corruption is tolerated as part of the grease that oils the wheels of the republic.· They can't excite the angry salivation needed to oil battle-bus wheels.
· Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.· Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.· I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?
· Seventy-One Julie Craig sat at the wheel of the Fiesta, her head bowed.· Susan thought: Now I've lost him; but he sat behind the wheel without starting the engine.· He climbed in and sat behind the wheel.· Felipe de Santis sat at the wheel, his eyes dark and irritated as he approached at speed over the rough ground.· After thirty minutes I went outside, opened the door of the Falcon and sat down behind the wheel.· Memsahib sat nervously behind the wheel.
· Until Rainbow spins her wheel and hurtles towards towards them.· She suggested to Robin Hood that they switch clothing and that Robin Hood work at the spinning wheel.· She spun her own wheel, smashing into the Audi.· There is the spinning wheel....· Creed was like a gambler. Spin the wheel.· And so you stay stuck, spinning your wheels, and getting angry or depressed.· Nathan spun the wheel and Seawitch changed direction.· The spinning wheel is a machine; a little toothpick is a machine.
· Murray's Alfa Romeo came with a-spoke, Grand Prix-type wood-rim steering wheel.· He stroked the steering wheel, words piling up.· Thirteen thousand of them were commanded by a helmsman who hadn't steered anything without wheels for more than a year.· He was starting to feel nervous; his hands stroked the steering wheel.· Richie on one side, Tam in the middle and me behind the steering wheel.· North Dakota State Highway 22-a road so straight and empty I set a book on the steering wheel and read.· Equipment includes power front windows, heated windscreen and washers, electric mirrors, sunroof, velour interior and sports steering wheel.· AlfTed said, punching the steering wheel.
· None of the others appear to have turned a wheel again.· To be human is merely to encumber the turning of the wheel.· With just a hope that both locks opened to the same sesame, I turned the wheels to one-five-one and tried it.· The pole is carried between a pair of turning wagon wheels, pulled by two red horses outfitted in bronze finery.· His McLaren-Honda, which had not turned a wheel until two days before, did not miss a beat.· I have decided that I will devote my life to trying to find the still center of the turning wheel.· Because this was the contraption's trial run, it was to be driven manually by turning the big wheel.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► set the wheels in motion/set the wheels turning► the wheels come off something► (set of) wheelsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cog in the machine/wheel► put your shoulder to the wheel► put a spoke in somebody’s wheel
1on a vehicle one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle etc that turns when it movesfront/rear/back wheels- For there existed wheels within wheels within wheels.
- The wheels within wheels began to turn, and efforts were made to have the sentence reduced.
- Whether it flows as sand or turns on wheels within wheels, time escapes irretrievably, while we watch.
- Ahead of them, they could see the Big Wheel turning against a sky streaked with red and grey.
- Back down the beach, the Big Wheel was turning and there were even queues waiting to get on.
- Because this was the contraption's trial run, it was to be driven manually by turning the big wheel.
- He was a big wheel in Bucharest Securitate, Mr Manescu.
- He was sitting in the little hut where you bought your tickets to get on to the Big Wheel.
- The boys then allegedly put the infant on another bed and fled with the Big Wheel, police said.
- They came to steal a Big Wheel tricycle.
- You will also catch a glimpse of the Big Wheel in the famous Peter fairground.
- Almost shoulder to shoulder they were lined along the road, hurling gravel non-stop under the wheels of the passing trucks.
- Christmas cash keeps the wheels of the economy oiled.
- Faster and faster spun the wheels of light, and the throbbing of the drums accelerated with them.
- Isobel had heard the wheels of his car on the gravel.
- Its fans hung stalled above them like the wheels of an extinct machine.
- Meanwhile, the police had found the abandoned car, and the wheels of the law began to turn.
- This signal triggered the wheels of the mobot and propelled it to right in front of the can.
- And, as the wheel of fortune continues on its inexorable cycle, values are likely to start going up again soon.
- Then the wheel of fortune turned.
- One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel.
- Analytically this substantive meaning is redundant, a fifth wheel on the coach.
- Sean is an angelic little baby, but Sara is hell on wheels.
- A certain level of corruption is tolerated as part of the grease that oils the wheels of the republic.
- Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.
- Gossiping, after all, is an important trade that oils the wheels of other people's industry.
- Normally Paul would have been circulating with the best of them, oiling the wheels.
- He had set out to reinvent the wheel; actually he wound up inventing it.
- I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?
- Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.
- Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.
- I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.
- And so you stay stuck, spinning your wheels, and getting angry or depressed.
- At the heart of all of the basic questions about normality we shall find we are spinning our wheels.
The car slid sideways, its rear wheels spinning. → four-wheel drive2for controlling a vehicle [usually singular] the round piece of equipment that you turn to make a car, ship etc move in a particular directionat/behind the wheel (=driving a car) The driver must have fallen asleep at the wheel. Shall I take the wheel (=drive instead of someone else)? → steering wheel3in a machine a flat round part in a machine that turns round when the machine operates: a gear wheel4the wheels of something the way in which a complicated organization, system etc works: We hope that the next government will do more to keep the wheels of industry turning (=help it to work smoothly and easily).oil/grease the wheels (of something) (=help something to work more smoothly and easily) The money people spend at Christmas oils the wheels of the economy.5the wheel of fortune/life/time etc the way in which things change in life, or in which the same things seem to happen again after a period of time: We are powerless to stop the wheel of history.6(set of) wheels spoken a car: Do you like my new wheels?7wheels within wheels spoken used to say that a situation is complicated and difficult to understand because it involves processes and decisions that you know nothing about8set the wheels in motion/set the wheels turning to make a particular process start: It only took one phone call to set the wheels in motion.9the wheels come off something used to say that something suddenly stops being successful: Why did the wheels come off his campaign?10a/the big wheel informal an important person: He became a big wheel in the East India Company. → put your shoulder to the wheel at shoulder1(8), → put a spoke in somebody’s wheel at spoke2(2), → reinvent the wheel at reinvent(3)COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe front wheel· Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid.the back/rear wheel· The rear wheels of the bus got stuck in a creek.verbsa wheel turns/goes around· The wheels went slowly around.a wheel spins (=turns around quickly, when the vehicle is not going along)· The rear wheels spun in the sand.phrasesthe spokes of a wheel (=the thin metal bars that connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle wheel)wheel1 nounwheel2 verb
wheelwheel2 ●○○ verb VERB TABLE
wheel
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | wheel |
| he, she, it | wheels | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wheeled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wheeled |
| he, she, it | has wheeled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wheeled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wheel |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wheeled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am wheeling |
| he, she, it | is wheeling | |
| you, we, they | are wheeling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was wheeling |
| you, we, they | were wheeling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wheeling |
| he, she, it | has been wheeling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wheeling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wheeling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wheeling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- As I arrived she was just wheeling her bicycle out of the shed.
- I collected a trolley and wheeled it towards the frozen food section.
- She hated being wheeled round in a wheelchair.
- They then wheeled me into the operating room.
- And above, the pinpricks of light wheeling on.
- Just forget about anyone wheeling a linen-covered table into your room with plates, silverware, wine glasses and ice buckets.
- No one said a word until the waiters wheeled in the centrepiece of the main course.
- The pigeons wheel and scuttle around us.
- The seagulls wheeled off and up over the harbour.
- Theresa is wheeling a pushchair and trying to cope with the twins.
- Two other buzzards wheel in on big circling paths further along, about 30m above the woods.
THESAURUS
to make something or someone move by pressing them with your hands, arms etc: · Push the door, don’t pull it.· She pushed him away and walked out.
to push someone or something in a rough or careless way: · People were shoving to get to the front of the queue.· Tom shoved his suitcase under the bed.
informal to push something quickly and carelessly into a small space: · She stuffed a few clothes into a bag and left.
to push someone or something with your finger or something sharp: · I poked the snake with a stick but it was dead.
to push someone beside you gently with your elbow to get their attention: · Toby nudged me and pointed out of the window.
to push something round or something on wheels so that it moves forward: · They rolled the logs down the hill.· The car still didn’t start so we tried to roll it off the road.
to push something with wheels, for example a bicycle or a trolley, so that it moves forward, while guiding it with your hands: · Rob wheeled his bike round the back of the house.
Longman Language Activatorto push something that has wheels or rolls easily · Paul held the door open for a woman pushing a trolley of heavy books.push something in/around etc something · Shoppers were pushing their carts around the supermarket.· The car had run out of gas so they pushed it into a side-street.
to push something with wheels while holding it with your hands: wheel somebody/something out/into/down etc: · As I arrived she was just wheeling her bicycle out of the shed.· I collected a trolley and wheeled it towards the frozen food section.· She hated being wheeled round in a wheelchair.
to push a round object along so that it turns over and over and moves forward: roll something up/down etc something: · We had so much fun rolling stones down into the river.
to push something heavy that has wheels, slowly and with difficulty: trundle something in/along etc: · The porters were trundling barrows loaded with vegetables into the market.· The soldiers trundled the massive gun carriage along the road.
WORD SETSaerial, adjectiveaero-, prefixaerobatics, nounaerodrome, nounaeronautics, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft, nounaircrew, nounairfare, nounairfield, nounairline, nounairliner, nounair pocket, nounairport, nounairship, nounairsick, adjectiveairspace, nounairspeed, nounairstrip, nounair terminal, nounair traffic controller, nounairway, nounairworthy, adjectivealtimeter, nounapron, nounautomatic pilot, nounautopilot, nounaviation, nounaviator, nounballast, nounballoon, nounballooning, nounbank, verbbarrage balloon, nounbiplane, nounblack box, nounblimp, nounboarding card, nounboarding pass, nounbulkhead, nounbusiness class, nounbuzz, verbcabin, nouncaptain, nouncarousel, nounceiling, nouncharter flight, nouncheck-in, nounchock, nounchopper, nounchute, nounclub class, nouncontrail, nouncontrol tower, nounco-pilot, nouncowling, nouncraft, nouncrash landing, noundeparture lounge, noundepartures board, noundirigible, noundisembark, verbdive, verbeconomy class, nouneject, verbejector seat, nounfin, nounflap, nounflier, nounflight, nounflight attendant, nounflight deck, nounflight path, nounflight recorder, nounflight simulator, nounfly, verbflyby, nounflyer, nounflying, nounflypast, nounfree fall, nounfuselage, noungate, nounglider, noungliding, noungondola, nounground, verbground control, nounground crew, nounground staff, nounhangar, nounhang-glider, nounhang-gliding, nounhelicopter, nounhelicopter pad, nounheliport, nounhijacking, nounholding pattern, nounhot-air balloon, nounhydroplane, nouninbound, adjectivein-flight, adjectiveinstrument panel, nounjet, nounjet engine, nounjet-propelled, adjectivejet propulsion, nounjoystick, nounjumbo jet, nounjump jet, nounland, verblanding gear, nounlanding strip, nounlayover, nounlift, nounlight aircraft, nounlounge, nounlow-flying, adjectivemicrolight, nounmonoplane, nounnavigation, nounno-fly zone, nounnose, nounnosedive, nounnosedive, verboverfly, verbparachute, nounparachute, verbparachutist, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, nounpitch, verbplane, nounplot, verbpod, nounpressurized, adjectiveprop, nounpropeller, nounradio beacon, nounrefuel, verbripcord, nounroll, verbroll, nounrotor, nounrudder, nounrunway, nounseaplane, nounseat belt, nounshort-haul, adjectiveski plane, nounskycap, nounsonic boom, nounspoiler, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstrut, nounswept-back, adjectiveswoop, verbtail, nountailspin, nountake-off, nountaxi, verbterminal, nountest pilot, nounthrust, nountouchdown, nountransit lounge, nountransport plane, nounturbojet, nounturboprop, nountwin-engined, adjectiveundercarriage, nounupgrade, verbvapour trail, nounwheel, verbwindsock, nounwind tunnel, nounwing, nounwingspan, nounwingtip, nounzeppelin, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving). Once the house had been sold, Jane set the wheels in motion (=started the process) to find somewhere smaller to live.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving). (=walk beside it pushing it)· She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.
· My front bicycle tyre is flat.
Once the house had been sold, Jane set the wheels in motion (=started the process) to find somewhere smaller to live.· Two white-jacketed waiters wheeled a trolley into the room.· Be careful when wheeling a trolley over any uneven ground if your child is in the seat.· Romanov's monologue was only once interrupted, by a waiter who wheeled in a trolley on which sat a silver salver.· He found one near the exit where the checkout girl was just opening up and Mum wheeled her trolley into the space.· Belinda wheeled the trolley over and helped Faye by passing her the lancet and reading the reagent strip for her.· I keep thinking I know them, these that are wheeled on trolleys or borne on stretchers.· She wheeled the trolley into the kitchen, and took the plum tart out of the oven.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cog in the machine/wheel► put your shoulder to the wheel► put a spoke in somebody’s wheel
1[transitive always + adverb/preposition] a)to push something that has wheels somewhere: - In their case, both ran as outsiders, a tricky strategy in a family known for its insider wheeling and dealing.
- She had to concede that Adrienne could wheel and deal in more ways than one.
- There was more wheeling and dealing behind the cameras than in front of them.
- What makes this cautionary tale so instructive is not just the details of back-room wheeling and dealing that relate specifically to Chicago.
- One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel.
- Analytically this substantive meaning is redundant, a fifth wheel on the coach.
- Sean is an angelic little baby, but Sara is hell on wheels.
- A certain level of corruption is tolerated as part of the grease that oils the wheels of the republic.
- Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.
- Gossiping, after all, is an important trade that oils the wheels of other people's industry.
- Normally Paul would have been circulating with the best of them, oiling the wheels.
- He had set out to reinvent the wheel; actually he wound up inventing it.
- I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?
- Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.
- Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.
- I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.
- And so you stay stuck, spinning your wheels, and getting angry or depressed.
- At the heart of all of the basic questions about normality we shall find we are spinning our wheels.
Kate wheeled her bike into the garage. b)to move someone or something that is in or on something that has wheels: Two nurses were wheeling him into the operating theatre.► see thesaurus at push2[intransitive] if birds or planes wheel, they fly around in circles3[intransitive] to turn around suddenlywheel around She wheeled around and started yelling at us.4wheel and deal to do a lot of complicated and sometimes dishonest deals, especially in politics or businesswheel somebody/something ↔ in/out phrasal verb informal to publicly produce someone or something and use them to help you achieve something: Then the prosecution wheeled in a surprise witness. The government wheeled out the same old arguments to support its election campaign.