wheel

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UK /wiːl/ US /wil/

noun 5verb 5

Collocations

(noun.) on a bicicyle, car, etc.

ADJ

WHEEL + VERB

change, replace

We had to replace the wheel after it got damaged on the rocky road.

WHEEL + VERB

go round, spin, turn

The car's wheels spun rapidly as the driver accelerated onto the highway.

skid, slide, slip

When it rains heavily, the car's wheels sometimes slip on the wet road.

crunch, scream, shriek

The car's wheels screeched as she braked suddenly at the traffic light.

come off, fall off

lock

The car's wheels locked up when he hit the brakes suddenly on the icy road.

WHEEL + NOUN

arch, base, bearings, hub, nut, rim, trim | clamp

PREP

on ~s

The delivery company moved the heavy boxes on wheels to make the job faster.

under the ~s

The child's toy was crushed under the wheels of the delivery truck.

steering wheel

VERB + WHEEL

grip | turn

take

My father got tired, so I took the wheel for the rest of the journey home.

WHEEL + NOUN

lock

PREP

at the ~

My grandfather was at the wheel when we drove across the country last summer.

behind the ~

My father was behind the wheel for most of our road trip yesterday.

Definitions

noun

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

The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

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

I hear the noise about thy keel; ⁠I hear the bell struck in the night: ⁠I see the cabin-window bright; I see the sailor at the wheel.

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

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar / A touch can make, a touch can mar.

verb

To roll along on wheels.

Wheel that trolley over here, would you?

Why should we confine a body of men to making laws, when so many of them might be more usefully employed in wheeling barrows?

To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.

She wheeled the dung in the wheelbarrow Along a stretch of road; But she always ran away and left Her not-nice load,

Bob was wheeling the baby up and down, Mabel watching him, hawk-eyed, as though she suspected him of harboring intentions of tipping the cab over.

To ride a bicycle or tricycle.

To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.

Your daughter, if you have not given her leave, I say again, hath made a gross revolt; Tying her duty, beauty, wit and fortunes In an extravagant and wheeling stranger Of here and every where.

The dog screamed, and, wheeling in terror, galloped headlong in a new direction.

To cause to change direction quickly, turn.

[…] he did as Menelaus had said, and set off running as soon as he had given his armour to a comrade, Laodocus, who was wheeling his horses round, close beside him.

Then wheeling his black steed suddenly, he raced away before the dazed soldiers could get their wits together to send a shower of arrows after him.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot p

noun — an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or muti

rack

verb — move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

roll

verb — ride a bicycle

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

reinvent the wheel

To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.

The trading of information so that people need not reinvent the wheel.

at the wheel

Driving; in control of a vehicle.

It is a shame, his first day driving and he falls asleep at the wheel.

fifth wheel

A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multidirectional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.

In most forms of semi-trailers a great deal of time is wasted in connecting the trailer to the tractor or pulling vehicle. Most of the connecting gears are some form of fifth wheel

big wheel

A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

She's a big wheel at IBM.

third wheel

An individual or object that serves no useful purpose.

Example Bank

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I hear the noise about thy keel; ⁠I hear the bell struck in the night: ⁠I see the cabin-window bright; I see the sailor at the wheel.

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Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

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Wheel that trolley over here, would you?

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Why should we confine a body of men to making laws, when so many of them might be more usefully employed in wheeling barrows?

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He […] cleared the table; piled everything on the dumb-waiter; gave us our wine-glasses; and, of his own accord, wheeled the dumb-waiter into the pantry.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, wheel is marked as informal, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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