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
Winner Takes the Cheese: Every year, thousands gather at a steep hill in southwestern England to watch competitors hurtle themselves after a wheel of Double Gloucester.—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 June 2024 The search for Brandon Perry's body continues Indianapolis police officers searched the area near New Harmony Road and I-69 south and discovered wheel marks and boot prints leading down to the river.—Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2024
Verb
That’s a time when hospital staff and others silently line the pathway to the operation room as a patient is wheeled there for organ recovery, according to LifeSource.—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 June 2024 He’s served as an election judge in the jail here, where common rooms are turned into temporary polling sites, with a few laptops and a printer wheeled in for the day.—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 4 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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