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wheel

/ʍiːl/
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noun

  • 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".

verb

  • 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.

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