"weel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wiːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wil/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-weel.ogg Forms: weels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English wele, wyle, welle, likely a fusion of Old Norse vél ("device"; compare Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”)) and Middle English welwe, wilwe (“a weir, trap, or other device made of willow branches”), from Old English wilige, wylige (“basket”), related to Old English welig (“willow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wele}} Middle English wele, {{der|en|non|vél}} Old Norse vél, {{cog|is|vél|t=a contrivance to catch fish}} Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”), {{gloss|"device"; compare Icelandic <i class="Latn mention" lang="is">vél</i> (“a contrivance to catch fish”)}} ("device"; compare Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”)), {{der|en|enm|welwe}} Middle English welwe, {{inh|en|ang|wilige}} Old English wilige, {{cog|ang|welig|t=willow}} Old English welig (“willow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} weel (plural weels)
  1. trap for catching fish; a weely. Synonyms: weal [dialectal] Derived forms: weely
    Sense id: en-weel-en-noun--bHnSgQh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wiːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wil/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-weel.ogg Forms: weels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English wel, weel, wele, wæl, from Old English wǣl (“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”). Cognate with Scots weil, weel (“pool, eddy, whirlpool”), Middle Low German wêl (“a pool”), Middle Low German wêlen (“to swirl, whirl”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wel}} Middle English wel, {{inh|en|ang|wǣl|t=weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea}} Old English wǣl (“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”), {{cog|sco|weil}} Scots weil, {{cog|gml|wêl|t=a pool}} Middle Low German wêl (“a pool”), {{cog|gml|wêlen|t=to swirl, whirl}} Middle Low German wêlen (“to swirl, whirl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} weel (plural weels)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) A whirlpool. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Synonyms: weil, wiel, wale [dialectal], wheel (english: Lancashire)
    Sense id: en-weel-en-noun-xLGa5OTR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /wiːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wil/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-weel.ogg
Rhymes: -iːl Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} weel
  1. Pronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: will, representing Latino-accented English
    Sense id: en-weel-en-verb-T5teBrp1 Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 4 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 17 4 42 12 12 3 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 3 42 16 16 2 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/En-us-weel.ogg/En-us-weel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/En-us-weel.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weal"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "we'll (stressed form)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wheel"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wheal (wine–whine merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weel"
}

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