wheelnoun
uk/wiːl/us/wiːl/A2 [ C ] a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of machines move:
Something that is on wheels has wheels under it so that it can be pulled or pushed along:
B2 a steering wheel (= a wheel inside a vehicle that the driver turns to make the vehicle go in a particular direction):
[ C ] a wooden or metal wheel that is turned to make a ship go in a particular direction
a car:
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- Remember to apply plenty of oil so that the wheel can rotate freely.
- It was a real job getting the wheel off the bike.
- The height of the steering wheel is adjustable.
- I tried to move forwards but the wheels had locked.
- The piano's on wheels, so we can roll it into the room.
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The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- hood
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- tyre
- vanity plates
- wing
- wing mirror
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Idiom(s)
wheelverb
uk/wiːl/us/wiːl/wheel verb (PUSH)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to push an object that has wheels so that it moves in a particular direction:
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Pushing and shoving
- barge
- bring
- bring sb down
- bundle
- dig
- force
- frogmarch
- heave
- jostle
- nudge
- propel
- push
- push off
- push sb/sth over
- put sth out 1
- ram
- repel
- scrum
- shoulder
- shove
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wheel verb (FLY IN CIRCLES)
[ I ] to fly repeatedly in a circular pattern:
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- gore
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- torpor
- trot
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wheel verb (TURN AROUND)
[ I ] US to turn round quickly: