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Wheel

noun

1.

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).

2.

A handwheel that is used for steering. Synonym: steering wheel.

3.

Forces that provide energy and direction.

4.

A circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel.

5.

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. Synonym: roulette wheel.

6.

An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims. Synonym: rack.

7.

A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle.

verb

(past & past part. wheeled; pres. part. wheeling)

1.

Change directions as if revolving on a pivot. Synonym: wheel around.

2.

Wheel somebody or something. Synonym: wheel around.

3.

Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. Synonym: roll.

4.

Ride a bicycle. Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal.

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"Wheel" Quotes from Famous Books

... would be followed by a terrible retaliation. They scattered about the streets of London papers in which it was asserted that, if any harm befell him, Mountjoy, and all the other Englishmen of quality who were prisoners in France, would be broken on the wheel. [13] These absurd threats would not have deferred the execution one day. But those who had Preston in their power were not unwilling to spare him on certain conditions. He was privy to all the counsels of the disaffected party, and could furnish information of the highest ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 4 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... approach of a brass knob, which communicated with the external coating to another, which communicated with the internal one, and their distance was adjusted by a screw. So that the shocks were so small as not to alarm the child, and the accumulated electricity was frequently discharged, as the wheel continued turning. The tumour was inclosed between two other brass knobs, which were fixed on wires, which passed through glass tubes, the tubes were cemented in two grooves on a board, so that at one end they were nearer each other than at the other, and the knobs were pushed out so far ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin

... and the man at the wheel could not see the waves—a sine qu non to the mariner in these latitudes, who "broaches to" whenever he can. A general remark: The Egyptian sailor is first-rate in a Dahabiyyah (Nile-boat), which he may capsize once ...

— The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 • Richard Burton

... Dime is a fine w'ite man. He wash his face in a fry'n' pan, He comb his head wid a waggin wheel, An' he die wid de ...

— Negro Folk Rhymes - Wise and Otherwise: With a Study • Thomas W. Talley

... down the narrow tunnel to find themselves in the mine. Here, as in the cave, they found cubes of pay dirt piled high on every side. At the end of it all was a low square machine with a buzz-saw-like wheel extending from it. The power wires, still attached to it, had been cut some ...

— Panther Eye • Roy J. Snell

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