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.
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Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Included in the sale is the Meridian Carry-on, which measures 14 inches wide and 22 inches tall, wheels included.—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Unusual footage of a 200-pound bear with an upset stomach being wheeled on a stretcher and scanned through an MRI went viral in Turkey this week.—Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025 The forward smashed a strike across the goalkeeper and into the top corner, before wheeling away in emotional celebration.—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wheel
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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