wheel

[ʍiːl]

[wil]

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wheeled - wheel

A wheel is a round shape with a hub in the middle and spokes that connect it to the outside.

You might be surprised at how often we use this word in everyday life. We talk about wheels on cars, bicycles, and even airplanes. But it's not just vehicles - a wheel can also be part of a machine or a device. For example, if you're assembling furniture from IKEA, you'll probably need to attach some wheels to the legs so that the piece can move easily around your room. The word "wheel" is also used in expressions like "spin round and round," which means to rotate quickly in a circle.

How common is "wheel"?

Word wheel is considered uncommon in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

noun

A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
A wheelrim.
A round portion of cheese.
A Catherine wheel firework.
A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
A recurring or cyclical course of events.
Example: the wheel of life
A dollar.
A crown coin; a "cartwheel".

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breaking wheelrim

verb

To roll along on wheels.
Example: Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
Example: The vulture wheeled above us.
To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.

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Real examples of "wheeled" in context

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Well, it's a two-wheeled motorcycle that is propelled by a combustion engine.

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