Wheel
WordNet
noun
(1) A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
(2) An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
(3) 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
(4) A handwheel that is used for steering
(5) 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)
(6) A circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
(7) Forces that provide energy and direction
"The wheels of government began to turn"
verb
(8) Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
"The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
(9) Ride a bicycle
(10) Change directions as if revolving on a pivot
"They wheeled their horses around and left"
(11) Wheel somebody or something
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Etymology
, , from Proto-Germanic *khwekhwlan, *khwegwlan, from Proto-Indo-European *kwe-k(w)lo-, wheel, circle, a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European base *k(w)el-, to go round. Cognate with Dutch wiel, wheel; Old Church Slavonic коло; Latin colere (to cultivate, to inhabit; = to turn around); and Old Norse hvél, hjól, wheel
Noun
- 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.
- The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
- A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- wheel rim
Verb
- To roll along as on wheels.
- Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
- To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- The vulture wheeled above us.