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- DictionaryWheel/(h)wēl/
noun
- 1. a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground: "a chair on wheels"
- 2. a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part.
verb
- 1. push or pull (a vehicle with wheels): "the sled was wheeled out to the flight deck"
- 2. (of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve: "the birds wheeled and dived"
The meaning of WHEEL is a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle. How to use wheel in a sentence.
a circular object, connected at the center to a bar, that is used for making vehicles or parts of machines move: the wheel of a bicycle. The wheel refers to a steering wheel (= wheel in a vehicle that you turn to make the vehicle go left or right): I never feel safe with Richard behind the wheel (= driving).
A wheel is a circular object which turns round on a rod attached to its centre. Wheels are fixed underneath vehicles so that they can move along.
A solid or partly solid disk, or a circular frame connected by spokes to a central hub, capable of turning on a central axis and used as to move vehicles or transmit power in machinery. Anything like a wheel in shape, movement, action, etc., as a fireworks device that revolves while burning.
noun. a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery. any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel. steering wheel. Nautical.
Definitions of wheel. 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) see more. noun. a handwheel that is used for steering. synonyms: steering wheel. see more. noun. a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel. see more. noun.
Definition of wheel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. wheel. noun. /wiːl/ Idioms. on/in vehicles. [countable] one of the round objects under a car, bicycle, bus, etc. that turns when it moves. He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid. the rear wheels of the car.
a circular object fixed under a vehicle so that it moves smoothly over the ground: My bike needs a new front wheel. Fewer examples. I thought I saw a bicycle wheel poking out of the water. This lever turns the wheels around. I tried to move forward but the wheels had locked. The wheels of the bike had been twisted in the accident.
n. 1. A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center. 2. Something that rotates like a wheel or or has a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as: a. The steering device on a vehicle. b. A potter's wheel.
Definition of wheel noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
