wheels

wheel

 (wēl, hwēl)

n.

1. A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center.

2. Something that rotates like a wheel or or has a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as:

a. The steering device on a vehicle.

b. A potter's wheel.

c. A water wheel.

d. A spinning wheel.

e. Games A device used in roulette and other games of chance.

f. A firework that rotates while burning.

g. Informal A bicycle.

3. A large, roughly circular block of cheese.

4. A wheel-shaped instrument on which victims were bound for torture and execution in medieval and early modern Europe.

5. wheels Forces that provide energy, movement, or direction: the wheels of commerce.

6. The act or process of turning; revolution or rotation.

7. A military maneuver executed in order to change the direction of movement of a formation, as of troops or ships, in which the formation is maintained while the outer unit describes an arc and the inner or center unit remains stationary as a pivot.

8. wheels Slang A motor vehicle or access thereto: Do you have wheels tonight?

9. Slang A person with a great deal of power or influence: a wheel in state government.

v. wheeled, wheel·ing, wheels

v.tr.

1. To roll, move, or transport on wheels or a wheel.

2. To cause to turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.

3. To provide with wheels or a wheel.

v.intr.

1. To turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.

2. To roll or move on or as if on wheels or a wheel.

3. To fly in a curving or circular course: A flock of gulls wheeled just above the dock.

4. To turn or whirl around in place; pivot: "The boy wheeled and the fried eggs leaped from his tray" (Ivan Gold).

5. To reverse one's opinion or practice: Don't be surprised if the boss wheels about on that idea.

Idioms:

at/behind the wheel

1. Operating the steering mechanism of a vehicle; driving.

2. Directing or controlling; in charge.

wheel and deal Informal

To engage in the advancement of one's own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way.

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[Middle English, from Old English hwēol; see k^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

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wheels

(wiːlz)

pl n

1. the main directing force behind an organization, movement, etc: the wheels of government.

2. (Automotive Engineering) an informal word for car

3. wheels within wheels a series of intricately connected events, plots, etc

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wheels

• gurney - A stretcher with wheels.
• axel, axle - Axel is the figure-skating jump; axle is the pin or rod between two wheels.
• dry steering - The act of turning the wheels of a car that is not moving.
• three-point landing - An aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.

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Translations

bagnolecaisse

• The wheels lock → الإطاراتُ مُعَطَّلَةٌ عَنْ الـحَرَكَةِ → Kola jsou zablokovaná → Hjulene låser → Die Räder blockieren → Οι τροχοί μπλοκάρουν → Las ruedas están bloqueadas → Pyörät lukittuvat → Les roues se bloquent → Kotači se blokiraju → Le ruote si bloccano → ホイールがロックします → 바퀴가 잠겼어요 → De wielen blokkeren → Hjulene låser seg → Blokują się koła → As rodas estão travando → Колеса блокируются → Hjulen låser sig → ล้อล็อค → Tekerlekler kilitleniyor → Bánh xe bị khóa → 车轮抱死了

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