Wheel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- forces that provide energy and direction
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims (syn: rack)
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals (syn: bicycle, bike, cycle)
verb
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle (syn: roll)
- ride a bicycle (syn: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal)
Extra examples
The car's rear wheels started to spin on the icy road.
Doctors wheeled the patient into the operating room.
He wheeled his motorcycle into the garage.
Our waiter wheeled out a small dessert cart.
She wheeled around in her chair when I entered the room.
The nurse wheeled the patient into the ward.
She wheeled her bike into the garage.
Birds wheeled above us in the sky.
She wheeled around and started yelling at us.
He wheeled round from the window.
Then the prosecution wheeled in a surprise witness.
The battalion will have to wheel to the flank.
The car slid sideways, its rear wheels spinning.
The driver must have fallen asleep at the wheel.
Shall I take the wheel (=drive instead of someone else)?
Word forms
I/you/we/they: wheel
he/she/it: wheels
present participle: wheeling
past tense: wheeled
past participle: wheeled
singular: wheel
plural: wheels
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