wheel
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or…A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
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» Take the wheel, Tom.
Держи штурвал, Том. — marafon
Візьмись за кермо, Томе. — deniko
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Examples
374 sentencesTake the wheel, Tom.
Візьмись за кермо, Томе. — deniko
ruДержи штурвал, Том. — marafon
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Під лежачий камінь вода не тече. — deniko
You don't need to reinvent the wheel.
Не треба наново винаходити колесо. — deniko
ruНе надо изобретать велосипед. — marafon
deDu musst das Fahrrad kein zweites Mal erfinden. — al_ex_an_der
Meaning
23 sensesA circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
Rad, Rad
колесо́kolesó
ко́лесоkóleso, ко́лоkólo
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
Steuerrad
штурва́лšturvál
штурва́лšturvál
(informal, with definite article)A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
He fell asleep at the wheel.
More meanings 20
(figuratively)A recurring or cyclical course of events.
the wheel of life
A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
The real numbers can be extended to a wheel, as can any commutative ring.
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
A spinning wheel.
A potter's wheel.
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
A wheelrim.
A round portion of cheese.
A Catherine wheel firework.
A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
- 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)
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- forces that provide energy and direction
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
Origin
From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from PFrom Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and kike.
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Forms
plural: wheelsSynonyms
10 synonyms- a handwheel that is used for steering:steering wheel
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in:roulette wheel
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims:rack
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals:bicyclebikecycle
Word family
277 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- behind the wheel
- at the wheel
- the Ferris wheel
- steering wheel
- the steering wheel
- Ferris wheel
- take the wheel
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.