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wheel
noun
    1. A circular object or frame rotating on an axle, used eg for moving a vehicle along the ground.
      Thesaurus: circle, disk, ring, hoop, roller, caster.
    2. Such an object serving as part of a machine or mechanism.
    3. An object similar to or functioning like a wheel, eg a spinning-wheel or waterwheel.
    4. A steering-wheel.
    5. A potter's wheel.
    6. A rotating firework; a Catherine wheel.
    7. colloq
      A motor vehicle for personal use.
      Thesaurus: car, automobile (US), vehicle.
      Form: wheels
    8. The workings of an organization, etc.
      Example: the wheels of justice
      Form: wheels
    9. historical
      A circular instrument of torture on which the victim was stretched.
      Form: the wheel (usually)
    10. betting.
      A disc or drum on the results of whose random spin bets are made.
      Example: a roulette wheel
    11. A circling or pivoting movement, eg of troops.
    12. Any progression that appears to go round in a circle.
    13. A circular design.
    14. A Ferris wheel.
    15. poetry.
      One or more short lines at the end of a stanza.
    16. A trip, usually a brief one, in a wheeled contraption.
      Example: went out for a wheel in the pram
verb wheeled, wheeling
    1. To fit something with a wheel or wheels.
    2. To push (a wheeled vehicle or conveyance) or to push someone or something in or on it.
      Example: He wheeled the bike outside
    3. To make something move in a circular course.
    intr
    4. Said of troops or birds, etc: to sweep round in a curve around a pivot.
    5. See wheel about below.
    6. To change one's mind abruptly.
Idiom: at the wheel (behind the wheel)
    In the driver's seat of a car, boat, etc.
    In charge.
      Thesaurus: in control, running things.
Idiom: wheel and deal
    To engage in tough business dealing or bargaining.
Idiom: wheels within wheels
    Said of a situation in which a complexity of influences is at work.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hweol.

Phrasal Verb: wheel about or round
    To turn around suddenly; to pivot on one's heel.
Phrasal Verb: wheel something forward or out
    To suggest (an idea, etc) that has often been considered before.To bring it forward or out.


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