wheel

🇺🇸 /wiːl/ 🇬🇧 /wiːl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
noun
A2

A round thing that turns to make cars, bikes, and other things move.

The car wheel turned quickly.

B1

The round part used to steer a car or ship.

Hold the wheel to drive the car.

R

A car.

He got a new wheel to drive.

R

A round part in a machine.

The machine wheel helps it work.

R

A big system that is hard to understand.

The big wheel of the company started to turn.

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Having a certain number of wheels.

A truck with many wheels is big.

R

A vehicle with a certain number of wheels.

A bike with three wheels is stable.

verb
R

To push or pull something with wheels.

She wheeled the cart with a broken wheel.

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To move someone or something on wheels.

He wheeled the patient on a bed with small wheels.

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To move in a circle.

The birds wheel in the sky like a turning wheel.

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To turn around quickly.

She wheeled the stroller with one wheel stuck.

translation

n. A round thing that turns to make cars, bikes, and other things move.; The round part used to steer a car or ship.; A car.; A round part in a machine.; A big system that is hard to understand.; Having a certain number of wheels.; A vehicle with a certain number of wheels.
v. To push or pull something with wheels.; To move someone or something on wheels.; To move in a circle.; To turn around quickly.

Word Forms

3rd Present wheels
Plural wheels
Progressive wheeling
Past wheeled
Perfect wheeled