1
: equipped with wheels
wheeled vehicles
2
: moving or functioning by means of wheels
wheeled traffic

Examples of wheeled in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Old Sea World Drive Bay Trail, at roughly 4.5 miles, is a paved out-and-back path that is shared by walkers, runners, cyclists and other wheeled visitors, such as those on rollerblades or pushing strollers. Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024 If the bill is adopted, then any vehicular gate or wheeled gate that’s more than 4 feet wide and 7 feet high must meet new safety standards. Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024 The kiosk, meanwhile, is a simple wheeled system that behaves in a highly predictable way. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024 Nearly all single-family houses and apartment building with six units or fewer will receive the wheeled containers free of charge. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2024 The enormous wheeled structures, 12 feet tall by 6 feet wide, are a key component of the minimalist set design for the opera, which hangs its storyline on a modern-day tragedy and true story. Ellise Pierce, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024 Up With People performs a perky, eccentric halftime tribute to the country’s bicentennial, including a wheeled birthday cake—and the event’s first concert-quality sound system. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024 The largest version, which is wheeled and towed around the battlefield, can hit enemy positions at more than four miles, the firm claims. Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2024 The Ramseys returned to Scotland in January to celebrate and promote their expedition, which Arctic Trucks reported as the first in history to take a wheeled vehicle from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wheeled was in 1572

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“Wheeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheeled. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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