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wheel

/ʍiːl/

noun

Meaning

  • A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.

  • The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.

  • A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.

  • The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.

  • 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.

    "the wheel of life"

  • A dollar.

  • A crown coin; a "cartwheel".

Synonyms

breaking wheel,
rim

verb

Meaning

  • To roll along on wheels.

    "Wheel that trolley over here, would you?"

  • 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.

    "The vulture wheeled above us."

  • To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.