\ ˈhwēl
, ˈwēl\
, ˈwēl\
Definition of wheel
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle
2
: a contrivance or apparatus having as its principal part a wheel: such as
a
: a chiefly medieval instrument of torture designed for mutilating a victim (as by stretching or disjointing)
b
: bicycle
c
: any of many revolving disks or drums used as gambling paraphernalia
d
: potter's wheel
e
: steering wheel
3a
: an imaginary turning wheel symbolizing the inconstancy of fortune
b
: a recurring course, development, or action : cycle
4
: something (such as a round, flat cheese) resembling a wheel in shape
5a
: a curving or circular movement
b
: a rotation or turn usually about an axis or center
specifically
: a turning movement of troops or ships in line in which the units preserve alignment and relative positions as they change direction
6a
: a moving or essential part of something compared to a machine
the wheels of government
b
: a directing or controlling force
c
: a person of importance especially in an organization
a big wheel
7
: the refrain or burden of a song
8a
: a circuit of theaters or places of entertainment
b
: a sports league
wheel
verb
wheeled;
wheeling;
wheels
Definition of wheel (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to turn on or as if on an axis : revolve
2
: to change direction as if revolving on a pivot
the battalion would have wheeled to the flank— Walter Bernstein her mind will wheel around to the other extreme— Liam O'Flaherty wheeled to face her opponent
3
: to move or extend in a circle or curve
birds in wheeling flight valleys where young cotton wheeled slowly in fanlike rows— William Faulkner
1
: to cause to turn on or as if on an axis : rotate
2
: to convey or move on or as if on wheels or in a wheeled vehicle
wheeled the patient back to his room wheeled the car into the driveway wheel in the experts
3
: to cause to change direction as if revolving on a pivot
4
: to make or perform in a circle or curve
wheel and deal
: to make deals or do business especially shrewdly or briskly
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Other Words from wheel
Noun
wheelless
\ ˈhwēl-ləs
, ˈwēl- \
adjective
, ˈwēl- \
adjective
Synonyms for wheel
Synonyms: Noun
gyration, pirouette, reel, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, twirl, whirl
Synonyms: Verb
deflect, divert, redirect, swing, turn, veer, whip
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Examples of wheel in a Sentence
Noun
The car's rear wheels started to spin on the icy road. the wheels of a train a suitcase with wheels on the bottom a wheel of cheddar cheeseVerb
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.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
My test vehicle had cloth seats with manual adjustments that were comfortable over the course of a day behind the wheel. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Every car should be a little like the 2020 Toyota Corolla hybrid," 11 Sep. 2019 Tiger was in the passenger seat and his partner was behind the wheel. — AZCentral.com, "Police shootings in Arizona," 10 Sep. 2019 Yet another Tesla driver has apparently fallen asleep behind the wheel while his car cruised down the freeway. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Another Tesla driver apparently fell asleep—here’s what Tesla could do," 10 Sep. 2019 The family struggled to get any information about who was behind the wheel, even after filing a negligence lawsuit against the company. — Patricia Callahan, New York Times, "The Human Cost of Amazon’s Fast, Free Shipping," 5 Sep. 2019 The family struggled to get any information about who was behind the wheel, even after filing a negligence lawsuit against the company. — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, "How Amazon Hooked America on Fast Delivery While Avoiding Responsibility for Crashes," 5 Sep. 2019 Other factors that go into the mix include: Your age, gender and marital status: Statistics show young drivers (with less experience behind the wheel) and male drivers are more likely to have an accident. — NBC News, "7 things you should know about auto and car insurance," 4 Sep. 2019 One in three patients who have implanted devices for irregular heartbeats still drive, despite being banned from getting behind the wheel, a new Danish study finds. — chicagotribune.com, "Bans not keeping drivers with implanted defibrillators off the road," 3 Sep. 2019 Banks was back behind the wheel on Reisterstown Road again this week, Baltimore Police said, twice leading them on high-speed chases and at least once charging his car toward officers. — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, "Man fatally shot by Baltimore police this week led officers on perilous high-speed chase before, records show," 29 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Traffic to the airport was also at a standstill, with reports of desperate travelers abandoning their vehicles on the highway and trudging many kilometers to the airport, wheeling their suitcases behind them. — Time Staff, Time, "Students Boycott Classes on the First Day of the School Year in Hong Kong's Latest Democracy Protest," 2 Sep. 2019 Neither had Wei Mu and Chih Ling, graduate students from Taiwan, who were wheeling their cart out of the 99 Ranch market in El Cerrito’s Pacific Eas