Definitions for wheel

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wheel wheel

Spelling: [hweel, weel]

IPA: /ʰwil, wil/

Wheel is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in wheel (eehlw).

Definitions for wheel

noun

1. a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
2. any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature:
3. steering wheel.
4. Nautical. a circular frame with an axle connecting to the rudder of a ship, for steering: a paddle wheel. a propeller.
5. Informal. a bicycle.
6. a round object, decoration, etc.:
7. an old instrument of torture in the form of a circular frame on which the victim was stretched until disjointed.
8. a circular firework that revolves rapidly while burning; pinwheel.
9. a rotating instrument that Fortune is represented as turning in order to bring about changes or reverses in human affairs.
10. wheels. moving, propelling, or animating agencies: Slang. a personal means of transportation, especially a car.
11. a cycle, recurring action, or steady progression:
12. a wheeling or circular movement:
13. (formerly) a movement of troops, ships, etc., drawn up in line, as if turning on a pivot.
14. Informal. someone active and influential, as in business, politics, etc.; an important person:

Idioms

1. at the wheel, at the helm of a ship, the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, etc. in command or control:
2. hell on wheels. hell (def 19).
3. spin one's wheels, Informal. to expend or waste effort to no avail:
4. wheel and deal, Informal. to operate dynamically for one's own profit or benefit.
5. wheels within wheels, an involved interaction of motives or agencies operating to produce the final result:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to turn, rotate, or revolve, as on an axis.
2. to perform (a movement) in a circular or curving direction.
3. to move, roll, or convey on wheels, casters, etc.:
4. to provide (a vehicle, machine, etc.) with wheels.

verb (used without object)

1. to turn on or as on an axis or about a center; revolve, rotate, or pivot.
2. to move in a circular or curving course:
3. to turn so as to face in a different direction (often followed by about or around):
4. to change one's opinion or procedure (often followed by about or around):
5. to roll along on or as on wheels; travel along smoothly:
6. British Military. to turn:

Origin of wheel

before 900; (noun) Middle English whel(e), Old English hwēol, hweohl; cognate with Dutch wiel, Old Norse hjōl; akin to Greek kýklos (see cycle); (v.) Middle English,

Examples for wheel

The deepest cuts in the wheel showed the numbers of the combination.

One wheel struck a cobble stone, and the buggy lurched horribly.

Charles Merchant, the son of rich John Merchant, was behind the wheel.

They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.

It was only a matter of time that the wheel turned its full revolution.

He gave the wheel a reckless twist, and Le Moyne called him to time sternly.

All this time I kept shouting to the man at the wheel to put his helm "hard down."

“They think Putin is the only evil in Russia and dream about getting rid of him,” he said, tightening his grip on the wheel.

Maybe the wheel will turn again, and heterosexuality will come to seem edgy.

By like cause turning the wheel to the left turns the machine to the left.