"wheel" meaning in English

See wheel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wiːl/ Audio: en-us-wheel.ogg [US] Forms: wheel [singular], wheels [plural]
enPR: wēl Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A wheel is a round thing (circle) on a cart or carriage or train or other machine that moves. A cart has four wheels that touch the road and turn.
    Sense id: simple-wheel-en-noun-dwvQemXE

Verb

IPA: /wiːl/ Audio: en-us-wheel.ogg [US] Forms: wheel [canonical], wheels [third-person, singular], wheeled [past], wheeled [past, participle], wheeling [present, participle]
enPR: wēl Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you wheel something somewhere, you transport it in or on a vehicle that has wheels.
    Sense id: simple-wheel-en-verb-B0GP1QW3
  2. If something is wheeling, it is travelling in circles.
    Sense id: simple-wheel-en-verb-hk3SSAZs Categories (other): Verbs
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