Noun
The car's rear wheels started to spin on the icy road.
the wheels of a train
a suitcase with wheels on the bottom
a wheel of cheddar cheese Verb
Doctors wheeled the patient into the operating room.
He wheeled his motorcycle into the garage.
Our waiter wheeled out a small dessert cart.
She wheeled around in her chair when I entered the room.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
While the current focus for Farm Rio is its U.S. and Europe expansion, the wheels of its next moves are already in motion.—Lily Templeton, WWD, 25 June 2024 Robot morphs shape using material inspired by origami Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Verb
She was carried off of the competition floor with her face in her hands and wheeled out of the arena by medical staff.—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 June 2024 The alleged mass shooter, who appeared in court in a wheelchair for unknown reasons, was wheeled out of the room for a recess.—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for wheel
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English hweogol, hwēol; akin to Old Norse hvēl wheel, Greek kyklos circle, wheel, Skt cakra, Latin colere to cultivate, inhabit, Sanskrit carati he moves, wanders
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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