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
Zooming in and out using the Ctrl-mouse wheel is more awkward than in CyberLink PhotoDirector and ON1 PhotoRAW.—PCMAG, 31 May 2024 And now those EDMs are being put to use in the Wagoneer S, powering both the front and rear wheels independently.—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024
Verb
Nearly nine months later Romer wheels into a conference room at Guild’s Denver offices.—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2024 Our server interrupts our conversation to wheel over our banana cream pie.—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 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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