wheel /(h)wēl/

1. A circular frame turning on an axle
2. A steering-wheel
3. A potter's wheel
4. A spinning-wheel
5. An old instrument of torture
6. A rotating firework
7. A bicycle or tricycle (informal)
8. (in pl) personal transport (informal)
9. The wheel by which a spit is turned (Shakespeare)
10. The wheel attributed to Fortune personified, the emblem of mutability
11. Hence, the course of events
12. A celestial sphere (obsolete)
13. A disc
14. A circular design
15. A circular motion
16. (in pl) the parts of a machine
17. The intricate workings of something
18. One or more short lines following a bob at the end of a stanza
19. A refrain
20. A dollar (slang)

1. To cause (a body of troops) to turn or revolve, esp round an axis or pivot
2. To cause to move in a circular course
3. To put a wheel or wheels on
4. To form or treat on the wheel
5. To convey on wheels
6. To propel on wheels
7. To encircle (Milton)
8. To make wheel-shaped (rare)
9. (with out, forward, etc; informal) to bring out, forward, etc, to produce

1. To turn round or on an axis
2. To change direction
3. To change one's mind abruptly
4. To move in a circle
5. To reel, be giddy
6. To roll forward
7. To wander, roam (Shakespeare)
8. To travel in a wheeled vehicle
9. To ride a bicycle or tricycle (informal)
10. To be provided with wheels on which to be propelled

wheeled adjective

1. Having wheels
2. Moving on wheels
3. (in combination) having a specified kind or number of wheels, as in solid-wheeled, three-wheeled
4. Formed into a wheel (rare)

wheelˈer noun

1. Someone who wheels
2. A cyclist (informal)
3. A maker of wheels (dialect)
4. (in combination) something that wheels, or that has a specified kind or number of wheels, as in two-wheeler
5. A wheelhorse

wheelˈie noun (informal)

1. A manoeuvre, eg on a bicycle, motorbike or skateboard, involving travelling for a short distance with the front wheel or wheels off the ground
2. A U-turn accomplished at speed with a loud skidding noise (Aust)
3. A wheelie bin (informal)

wheelˈing noun

1. The act of moving or conveying on wheels
2. A turning or circular movement
3. A rather coarse woollen yarn

wheelˈ-less adjective

wheelˈy adjective

Like a wheel

wheel and axle noun

One of the mechanical powers, in its primitive form a cylindrical axle, on which a wheel, concentric with the axle, is firmly fastened, the power being applied to the wheel, and the weight attached to the axle

wheel animal or wheel animalcule noun

A tiny aquatic animal, a rotifer

wheelˈbarrow noun

1. A barrow with one wheel in front and two handles and legs behind
2. (loosely) any other handcart

wheelˈbase noun

1. The distance between the front and rear axles of a vehicle
2. The area enclosed by lines joining the points at which the wheels of a locomotive, etc touch the rails or the ground, or the length of this area

wheel brace noun

An implement for tightening and loosening the nuts that hold a wheel in position

wheel carriage noun

Any kind of carriage moved on wheels

wheelˈchair noun

A chair moving on wheels, esp a disabled person's chair

adjective

Provided, designed, adapted or arranged for people confined to wheelchairs, as wheelchair housing, wheelchair Olympics, etc

wheel clamp noun

A device used by traffic authorities, etc to immobilize an illegally parked vehicle until it is removed after payment of a fine

wheelˈ-clamp transitive verb

wheelˈ-cut adjective

(of glass) cut, or ground and polished, on a wheel

wheelˈ-cutter noun

A machine for cutting teeth on wheels

wheelˈer-dealˈer noun

wheelˈer-dealˈing noun (informal; orig US)

Shrewd dealing or bargaining to one's maximum advantage in business, politics, etc, esp without regard for others' interests

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