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noun

a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.

any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel.

steering wheel.

Nautical.

a circular frame with an axle connecting to the rudder of a ship, for steering: He took the wheel during the storm.

a paddle wheel.

a propeller.

Informal. a bicycle.

a round object, decoration, etc.: a wheel of cheese; a design of red wheels and blue squares.

an old instrument of torture in the form of a circular frame on which the victim was stretched until disjointed.

a circular firework that revolves rapidly while burning; pinwheel.

a rotating instrument that Fortune is represented as turning in order to bring about changes or reverses in human affairs.

10.

wheels.

moving, propelling, or animating agencies: the wheels of commerce; the wheels of thought.

Slang. a personal means of transportation, especially a car.

11.

a cycle, recurring action, or steady progression: the wheel of days and nights.

12.

a wheeling or circular movement: the intricate wheels of the folk dances.

13.

(formerly) a movement of troops, ships, etc., drawn up in line, as if turning on a pivot.

14.

Informal. someone active and influential, as in business, politics, etc.; an important person: a big wheel.

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verb (used with object)

15.

to cause to turn, rotate, or revolve, as on an axis.

16.

to perform (a movement) in a circular or curving direction.

17.

to move, roll, or convey on wheels, casters, etc.: The servants wheel the tables out.

18.

to provide (a vehicle, machine, etc.) with wheels.

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verb (used without object)

19.

to turn on or as on an axis or about a center; revolve, rotate, or pivot.

20.

to move in a circular or curving course: pigeons wheeling above.

21.

to turn so as to face in a different direction (often followed by about or around ): He wheeled about and faced his opponent squarely.

22.

to change one's opinion or procedure (often followed by about or around ): He wheeled around and argued for the opposition.

23.

to roll along on or as on wheels; travel along smoothly: The car wheeled along the highway.

24.

British Military. to turn: Right wheel!

Idioms

25.

at the wheel,

at the helm of a ship, the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, etc.

in command or control: Her ambition is to be at the wheel of a large corporation by the age of 40.

26.

hell on wheels. hell ( def 19 ).

27.

spin one's wheels, Informal. to expend or waste effort to no avail: He spun his wheels on that project for two years.

28.

wheel and deal, Informal. to operate dynamically for one's own profit or benefit.

29.

wheels within wheels, an involved interaction of motives or agencies operating to produce the final result: Government agencies are a study of wheels within wheels.

Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English whel(e), Old English hwēol, hweohl; cognate with Dutch wiel, Old Norse hjōl; akin to Greek kýklos (see cycle); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

Related forms

wheel·less, adjective

un·der·wheel, noun

un·wheel, verb (used with object)

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World English Dictionary

wheel (wiːl)

—n
1.	a solid disc, or a circular rim joined to a hub by radial or tangential spokes, that is mounted on a shaft about which it can turn, as in vehicles and machines
2.	anything like a wheel in shape or function
3.	a device consisting of or resembling a wheel or having a wheel as its principal component: a steering wheel; a water wheel
4.	the wheel a medieval torture consisting of a wheel to which the victim was tied and then had his limbs struck and broken by an iron bar
5.	wheel of fortune short for potter's wheel
6.	the act of turning
7.	a pivoting movement of troops, ships, etc
8.	a type of firework coiled to make it rotate when let off
9.	Compare bob a set of short rhyming lines, usually four or five in number, forming the concluding part of a stanza
10.	the disc in which the ball is spun in roulette
11.	(US), (Canadian) an informal word for bicycle
12.	archaic a refrain
13.	informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) a person of great influence (esp in the phrase big wheel)
14.	at the wheel
	a. driving or steering a vehicle or vessel
	b. in charge

—vb (when intr sometimes foll by about or round) (often foll by about)
15.	to turn or cause to turn on or as if on an axis
16.	to move or cause to move on or as if on wheels; roll
17.	(tr) to perform with or in a circular movement
18.	(tr) to provide with a wheel or wheels
19.	to change one's mind or opinion
20.	informal wheel and deal to be a free agent, esp to advance one's own interests

[Old English hweol, hweowol; related to Old Norse hvēl, Greek kuklos, Middle Low German wēl, Dutch wiel]

'wheel-less

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

wheel

O.E. hweol, hweogol, from P.Gmc. *khwekhwlan, *khwegwlan (cf. O.N. hvel, O.Swed. hiughl, O.Fris. hwel, M.Du. weel), from PIE *k(w)e-k(w)lo- "wheel, circle" (cf. O.C.S. kolo "wheel"), a reduplicated form from base *k(w)el- "to go round" (see cycle). Figurative sense is early

14c. The verb meaning "to turn like a wheel" is attested from early 13c.; trans. sense attested from late 14c. Slang wheels "a car" is recorded from 1959. Wheeler-dealer is from 1950s, a rhyming elaboration of dealer; wheelie is from 1966. Wheelchair first recorded c.1700.

Slang Dictionary

wheel definition

tv. & in.
to drive a car. : Let's wheel my heap over to Marty's place.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

wheel definition

[slang "big wheel" for a powerful person] A person who has an active wheel bit. "We need to find a wheel to unwedge the hung tape drives." (See wedged).
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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Wheel definition

(Heb. galgal; rendered "wheel" in Ps. 83:13, and "a rolling thing" in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, "whirling dust"). This word has been supposed to mean the wild artichoke, which assumes the form of a globe, and in autumn breaks away from its roots, and is rolled about by the wind in some places in great numbers.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

wheel

In addition to the idioms beginning with wheel, also see asleep at the switch (wheel); at the wheel; big cheese (wheel); cog in the wheel; fifth wheel; grease (oil) the wheels; hell on wheels; put one's shoulder to the wheel; reinvent the wheel; set (wheels) in motion; spin one's wheels; squeaky wheel gets the grease.