WHEEL
\wˈiːl], \wˈiːl], \w_ˈiː_l]\
Definitions of WHEEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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)
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a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
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a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
By Princeton University
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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)
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a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
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change directions as of revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
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Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.
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A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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An instrument of torture formerly used.
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A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.
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A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.
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The burden or refrain of a song.
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A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
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A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.
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To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.
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To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.
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To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.
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To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
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To roll forward.
By Oddity Software
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A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
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Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.
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A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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An instrument of torture formerly used.
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A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.
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A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.
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The burden or refrain of a song.
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A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
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A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.
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To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.
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To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.
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To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.
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To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
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To roll forward.
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A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
By Noah Webster.
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A circular frame or body capable of turning on a centrai axis or axle; anything shaped like a wheel; a circular frame, with handles, for controlling the rudder of a ship; a bicycle; an old instrument of torture; a circular revolving firework; a complete turning around; that which makes active or which directs progress; as, the wheels of business; a maneuver in drill in which troops in line change direction without destroying their alignment.
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To move on wheels; to cause to turn.
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To turn on an axis or about a center; to revolve; to roll forward.
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Wheeled.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A circular frame turning on an axle: an old instrument of torture.
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To cause to whirl: to convey on wheels.
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To turn round or on an axis: to roll forward.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To carry or move on wheels; roll; turn; rotate; revolve.
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A circular framework or a disk, made to rotate on its axis.
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A wheeling; turning.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A circular frame or a solid circular piece of wood or metal turning on an axis; a machine or contrivance in the shape of a wheel; a circular body; an instrument for torturing criminals; a machine for spinning thread of various kinds; rotation; revolution; a turning about; a round board turned by a lathe in a horizontal position, on which the clay is shaped by the hand of the potter; a revolving fire-work; a large circular frame having handles on the periphery, and connected by tiller-ropes with the rudder, for the purpose of steering the ship. To break on the wheel, to fasten to a revolving wheel and beat with an iron bar. Wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers, consisting of a cylindrical axle, to which a wheel concentric with it is attached.
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To convey on wheels; to put into a rotary motion; to cause to turn round.
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To turn on an axis; to move round; to fetch a compass; to roll forward; to move forward or backward in a circular manner.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A frame of wood or iron in the form of a circle, being arranged to turn on an axis; a turning about; an instr. on which criminals were tortured in some countries-see break.
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To move on wheels; to convey on wheels; to turn on an axis; to have a rotatory motion; to whirl; to move round; to cause to turn round.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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