wheelchair

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UK /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ US /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/

noun 3verb 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

electric, motorized, powered

VERB + WHEELCHAIR

use

manoeuvre

She carefully manoeuvred her wheelchair through the narrow doorway into the kitchen.

push

be confined to

After her injury, she was confined to a wheelchair for several months during recovery.

WHEELCHAIR + NOUN

access

user

The new ramp at the library makes it easier for wheelchair users to enter the building.

athlete

PREP

by ~

My grandfather travels around the city by wheelchair every day.

in a/the ~

My grandmother uses a wheelchair to visit the park every Sunday afternoon.

PHRASES

accessible by wheelchair, wheelchair accessible facilities/vehicles, etc.

Definitions

noun

A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.

"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."

Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.

Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.

To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.

verb

to move using a wheelchair

Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.

People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers

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"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."

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To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.

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Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.

Wiktionary

People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers

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They strolled, ran, walked and wheelchaired the track.

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In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.

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