wheel
To roll along on wheelsTo roll along on wheels.
» Take the wheel, Tom.
Держи штурвал, Том. — marafon
Візьмись за кермо, Томе. — deniko
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11 senses(transitive)To roll along on wheels.
Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
I had to wheel my bicycle up a steep hill.
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
(transitive)To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
The patient was wheeled out of the ER.
(dated, intransitive)To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
ride a bicycle
(intransitive)To make a circular movement.
My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.
(intransitive)To move smoothly and easily, as if on wheels.
I wheeled through the gathering, making all my appointed stops.
(intransitive)To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
(transitive)To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
(intransitive)To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
The vulture wheeled above us.
kreisen
(transitive)To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
(intransitive)To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.
The crowd wanted to track to be played again, so they shouted out "Wheel it".
wheel somebody or something
(transitive)To execute (a person) using the breaking wheel.
Examples
383 sentencesTake the wheel, Tom.
Візьмись за кермо, Томе. — deniko
ruДержи штурвал, Том. — marafon
His car has no wheels.
Його машина не має колес. — deniko
ruУ его автомобиля нет колёс. — odexed
deSein Auto hat keine Räder. — Zaghawa
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
Tom fell asleep at the wheel.
ruТом уснул за рулём. — odexed
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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
wheels, wheeling, wheeled, wheeledPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- wheel outTo employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial).
- wheel awayTo run around in celebration
- wheel aroundTo transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or wheelbarrow.
- wheel aboutTo change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl about.
Synonyms
6 synonyms- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle:roll
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot:wheel around
- wheel somebody or something:wheel around
- ride a bicycle:bicyclecyclebikepedal
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- behind the wheel
- at the wheel
- the ferris wheel
- steering wheel
- the steering wheel
- ferris wheel
- take the wheel