wheel

Plural: wheels

Noun

• a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
• a handwheel that is used for steering
• forces that provide energy and direction
  • "the wheels of government began to turn"
• a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
• 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
• a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
• A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
• A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
• A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
• A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
• The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
• A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
• A spinning wheel.
• A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
• A potter's wheel.
• The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
• A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
• A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
• A superuser on certain systems.
• The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
• The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
• A wheelrim.
• A round portion of cheese.
• A Catherine wheel firework.
• A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
• A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
• A recurring or cyclical course of events.
• A dollar.
• A crown coin.
• A bicycle or tricycle.
• A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
• A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
• The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.

Verb

Verb Forms: wheeled, wheeling, wheels

• To convey or move something on or as if on wheels.
• change directions as if revolving on a pivot
  • "They wheeled their horses around and left"
• wheel somebody or something
• move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
• ride a bicycle
• To roll along on wheels.
• To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
• To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
• To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
• To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
• To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
• To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
• To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.

Examples

• He hoped to wheel out a seven-letter word, but only managed ’AXLE’.
• The crowd wanted to track to be played again, so they shouted out "Wheel it".
• The real numbers can be extended to a wheel, as can any commutative ring.
• The vulture wheeled above us.
• Wheel that trolley over here, would you?

Synonyms

bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal, rack, roll, roulette wheel, steering wheel, wheel around, breaking wheel, cartwheel, rim, tosheroon

Anagrams of wheel