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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

... of one spoke red, so that you can count it every time it comes around. By having the points that touch the ground exactly 9 inches apart, one revolution of the wheel will measure six feet. For an axle use a small piece of broom handle, and for a handle use a long light pole. By varying the length of the spokes you can make the wheel measure ...

— Camping For Boys • H.W. Gibson

... into minute recommendations to ensure the latter's well-being in England. Kosciuszko had aroused a like admiration in the imperial family. At the farewell audience in the Winter Palace he was received with a pomp detestable to his every instinct, and carried in Catherine's wheel chair into the Tsar's private room. The Tsar loaded him with gifts, including a carriage especially adapted to the recumbent position in which he was forced to travel. The Tsaritsa chose to give ...

— Kosciuszko - A Biography • Monica Mary Gardner

... described as any quality common and essential to the whole of a class but not necessary to mark out that class from other classes. Thus, all wheel tires may be said to possess annularity; but washers and finger rings are also annular. A "peculiar property" is one that not only always belongs to a class of objects but belongs to that class alone; thus a circle has the peculiar property of ...

— The Classification of Patents • United States Patent Office

... magistrate and are about to be condemned equally for the crime, when Vrayment reveals herself as Montamour disguised as a man, and persuades the judge that Beauclair is innocent. Du Lache and his accomplices are broken on the wheel, the Baroness takes poison, and Beauclair is united to his ...

— The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood • George Frisbie Whicher

... persuade us to avert our gaze and fix it on other objects. Cato and Brutus each selected noble ones. A lackey sometime ago contented himself by dancing on the scaffold when he was about to be broken on the wheel. So however diverse the motives they but realize the same result. For the rest it is a fact that whatever difference there may be between the peer and the peasant, we have constantly seen both the one and the other meet death with the same composure. Still there is always this difference, ...

— Reflections - Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims • Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

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