English dictionary
wheel
nounPronunciation
/ʍiːl/
/wil/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
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.
- A dollar.
- A crown coin; a "cartwheel".
verb
- To roll along on wheels.
- 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.
- To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
Example sentences
the wheel of life
Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
The vulture wheeled above us.