wheel

Definitions of wheel in various dictionaries:

noun - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

noun - a handwheel that is used for steering

noun - forces that provide energy and direction

noun - a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel

noun - game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling

noun - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

noun - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

verb - change directions as if revolving on a pivot

verb - wheel somebody or something

verb - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

verb - ride a bicycle

A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center.

The steering device on a vehicle.

A potter’s wheel.

A water wheel.

A spinning wheel.

A device used in roulette and other games of chance.

A firework that rotates while burning.

A bicycle.

An instrument to which a victim was bound for torture during the Middle Ages.

The act or process of turning; revolution or rotation.

A military maneuver executed in order to change the direction of movement of a formation, as of troops or ships, in which the formation is maintained while the outer unit describes an arc and the inner or center unit remains stationary as a pivot.

A person with a great deal of power or influence: thinks he’s a wheel because he works in the state government.

To roll, move, or transport on wheels or a wheel.

To cause to turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.

To provide with wheels or a wheel.

To turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.

To roll or move on or as if on wheels or a wheel.

To fly in a curving or circular course: A flock of gulls wheeled just above the dock.

To turn or whirl around in place; pivot: “The boy wheeled and the fried eggs leaped from his tray” (Ivan Gold).

To reverse one’s opinion or practice: One can never tell when she’ll wheel about on that subject.

Operating the steering mechanism of a vehicle; driving.

To engage in the advancement of one’s own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way.

verb - to convey on wheels (circular frames designed to turn on an axis)

WHEEL - A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is ...