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wheel
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
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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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the wheel of life
Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
The vulture wheeled above us.
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