wheel

/ʍiːl//wil/

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A wheelrim.

  6. 6

    A round portion of cheese.

  7. 7

    A Catherine wheel firework.

  8. 8

    A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.

  9. 9

    A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.

  10. 10

    A recurring or cyclical course of events.

    the wheel of life
  11. 11

    A dollar.

  12. 12

    A crown coin; a "cartwheel".

verb

  1. 1

    To roll along on wheels.

    Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To ride a bicycle or tricycle.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    To cause to change direction quickly, turn.

  6. 6

    To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.

    The vulture wheeled above us.
  7. 7

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

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