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A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily facilitating movement or transportation while supporting a load, or performing labor in machines. Wheels are also used for other purposes, such as a ship’s wheel, steering wheel, potter’s wheel, and flywheel.

An early wheel made of a solid piece of wood

Common examples can be found in transport applications. A wheel reduces friction by facilitating motion by rolling together with the use of axles. In order for wheels to rotate, a moment needs to be applied to the wheel about its axis, either by way of gravity or by the application of another external force or torque. Using the wheel, Sumerians invented a device that spins clay as a potter shapes it into the desired object.

Terminology

The English word wheel comes from the Old English word hwēol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *k^wék^wlos,^[1] an extended form of the root *k^wel- «to revolve, move around».
Cognates within Indo-European include Icelandic hjól «wheel, tyre», Greek κύκλος kúklos, and Sanskrit chakra, the last two both meaning «circle» or «wheel».^[2]

History

The place and time of the invention of the wheel remains unclear, because the oldest hints do not guarantee the existence of real wheeled transport, or are dated with too much scatter.^[3] Mesopotamian civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel by a number of old sources.^[4]^[5]^[6] However, according to some relatively recent sources the wheel was not invented in Mesopotamia first, they suggest Eastern Europe or that Sumerians probably acquired the wheel from Indians^[7]^[8]^[9] and unlike other breakthrough inventions, the wheel cannot be attributed to a single nor several inventors. Evidence of early usage of wheeled carts has been found across the Middle East, in Europe, Eastern Europe, India and China. It is not known whether Chinese, Indians and Europeans invented the wheel independently or not.^[10]^[11]

The invention of the solid wooden disk wheel falls into the late Neolithic, and may be seen in conjunction with other technological advances that gave rise to the early Bronze Age. This implies the passage of several wheelless millennia even after the invention of agriculture and of pottery, during the Aceramic Neolithic.

4500–3300 BCE (Copper Age): invention of the potter’s wheel; earliest solid wooden wheels (disks with a hole for the axle); earliest wheeled vehicles; domestication of the horse
3300–2200 BCE (Early Bronze Age)
2200–1550 BCE (Middle Bronze Age): invention of the spoked wheel and the chariot

The Halaf culture of 6500–5100 BCE is sometimes credited with the earliest depiction of a wheeled vehicle, but this is doubtful as there is no evidence of Halafians using either wheeled vehicles or even pottery wheels.^[12] Precursors of pottery wheels, known as «tournettes» or «slow wheels», were known in the Middle East by the 5th millennium BCE. One of the earliest examples was discovered at Tepe Pardis, Iran, and dated to 5200–4700 BCE. These were made of stone or clay and secured to the ground with a peg in the center, but required significant effort to turn. True potter’s wheels, which are freely-spinning and have a wheel and axle mechanism, were developed in Mesopotamia (Iraq) by 4200–4000 BCE.^[13] The oldest surviving example, which was found in Ur (modern day Iraq), dates to approximately 3100 BCE.^[14] Wheels of uncertain dates have also been found in the Indus Valley civilization, a 4th millennium BCE civilization covering areas of present-day India and Pakistan.^[15]

The oldest indirect evidence of wheeled movement was found in the form of miniature clay wheels north of the Black Sea before 4000 BCE. From the middle of the 4th millennium BCE onward, the evidence is condensed throughout Europe in the form of toy cars, depictions, or ruts, with the oldest find in Northern Germany dating back to around 3400 BCE.^[16]^[17]^[18] In Mesopotamia, depictions of wheeled wagons found on clay tablet pictographs at the Eanna district of Uruk, in the Sumerian civilization are dated to c. 3500–3350 BCE.^[19] In the second half of the 4th millennium BCE, evidence of wheeled vehicles appeared near-simultaneously in the Northern (Maykop culture) and South Caucasus and Eastern Europe (Cucuteni-Trypillian culture).

Depictions of a wheeled vehicle appeared between 3631 and 3380 BCE in the Bronocice clay pot excavated in a Funnelbeaker culture settlement in southern Poland.^[20] In nearby Olszanica, a 2.2 m wide door was constructed for wagon entry; this barn was 40 m long with three doors, dated to 5000 B.C.E—7000 years old, and belonged to the neolithic Linear Pottery culture.^{[citation needed]} Surviving evidence of a wheel-axle combination, from Stare Gmajne near Ljubljana in Slovenia (Ljubljana Marshes Wooden Wheel), is dated within two standard deviations to 3340–3030 BCE, the axle to 3360–3045 BCE.^[21] Two types of early Neolithic European wheel and axle are known; a circumalpine type of wagon construction (the wheel and axle rotate together, as in Ljubljana Marshes Wheel), and that of the Baden culture in Hungary (axle does not rotate). They both are dated to c. 3200–3000 BCE.^[22] Some historians believe that there was a diffusion of the wheeled vehicle from the Near East to Europe around the mid-4th millennium BCE.^[23]

Early wheels were simple wooden disks with a hole for the axle. Some of the earliest wheels were made from horizontal slices of tree trunks. Because of the uneven structure of wood, a wheel made from a horizontal slice of a tree trunk will tend to be inferior to one made from rounded pieces of longitudinal boards.

The spoked wheel was invented more recently and allowed the construction of lighter and swifter vehicles. The earliest known examples of wooden spoked wheels are in the context of the Sintashta culture, dating to c. 2000 BCE (Krivoye Lake). Soon after this, horse cultures of the Caucasus region used horse-drawn spoked-wheel war chariots for the greater part of three centuries. They moved deep into the Greek peninsula where they joined with the existing Mediterranean peoples to give rise, eventually, to classical Greece after the breaking of Minoan dominance and consolidations led by pre-classical Sparta and Athens. Celtic chariots introduced an iron rim around the wheel in the 1st millennium BCE.

In China, wheel tracks dating to around 2200 BCE have been found at Pingliangtai, a site of the Longshan Culture.^[24] Similar tracks were also found at Yanshi, a city of the Erlitou culture, dating to around 1700 BCE. The earliest evidence of spoked wheels in China comes from Qinghai, in the form of two wheel hubs from a site dated between 2000 and 1500 BCE.^[25]

In Britain, a large wooden wheel, measuring about 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter, was uncovered at the Must Farm site in East Anglia in 2016. The specimen, dating from 1,100 to 800 BCE, represents the most complete and earliest of its type found in Britain. The wheel’s hub is also present. A horse’s spine found nearby suggests the wheel may have been part of a horse-drawn cart. The wheel was found in a settlement built on stilts over wetland, indicating that the settlement had some sort of link to dry land.^[26]

A figurine featuring the New World’s independently invented wheel. Among the places where wheeled toys were found, Mesoamerica is the only one where the wheel was never put to practical use before the 16th century.

Although large-scale use of wheels did not occur in the Americas prior to European contact, numerous small wheeled artifacts, identified as children’s toys, have been found in Mexican archeological sites, some dating to approximately 1500 BCE.^[27] Some argue that the primary obstacle to large-scale development of the wheel in the Americas was the absence of domesticated large animals that could be used to pull wheeled carriages.^[28] The closest relative of cattle present in Americas in pre-Columbian times, the American bison, is difficult to domesticate and was never domesticated by Native Americans; several horse species existed until about 12,000 years ago, but ultimately became extinct.^[29] The only large animal that was domesticated in the Western hemisphere, the llama, a pack animal, was not physically suited to use as a draft animal to pull wheeled vehicles,^[30] and use of the llama did not spread far beyond the Andes by the time of the arrival of Europeans.

On the other hand, Mesoamericans never developed the wheelbarrow, the potter’s wheel, nor any other practical object with a wheel or wheels.^[31]^[32] Although present in a number of toys, very similar to those found throughout the world and still made for children today («pull toys»),^[31]^[32] the wheel was never put into practical use in Mesoamerica before the 16th century.^[31]^[32] Possibly the closest the Mayas came to the utilitarian wheel is the spindle whorl, and some scholars believe that these toys were originally made with spindle whorls and spindle sticks as «wheels» and «axes».^[32]

Aboriginal Australians traditionally used circular discs rolled along the ground for target practice.^[33]

Nubians from after about 400 BCE used wheels for spinning pottery and as water wheels.^[34] It is thought that Nubian waterwheels may have been ox-driven.^[35] It is also known that Nubians used horse-drawn chariots imported from Egypt.^[36]

Starting from the 18th century in West Africa, wheeled vehicles were mostly used for ceremonial purposes in places like Dahomey.^[37] The wheel was barely used for transportation, with the exception of Ethiopia and Somalia in Sub-Saharan Africa well into the 19th century.^[38]^[37]

Three spoked wheels on an antique tricycle

The spoked wheel was in continued use without major modification until the 1870s, when wire-spoked wheels and pneumatic tires were invented.^[39] Pneumatic tires can greatly reduce rolling resistance and improve comfort. Wire spokes are under tension, not compression, making it possible for the wheel to be both stiff and light. Early radially-spoked wire wheels gave rise to tangentially-spoked wire wheels, which were widely used on cars into the late 20th century. Cast alloy wheels are now more commonly used; forged alloy wheels are used when weight is critical.

The invention of the wheel has also been important for technology in general, important applications including the water wheel, the cogwheel (see also antikythera mechanism), the spinning wheel, and the astrolabe or torquetum. More modern descendants of the wheel include the propeller, the jet engine, the flywheel (gyroscope) and the turbine.

Mechanics and function

This section is about the application to transport. For the simple machine, see Wheel and axle.

A wheeled vehicle requires much less work to move than simply dragging the same weight. The low resistance to motion is explained by the fact that the frictional work done is no longer at the surface that the vehicle is traversing, but in the bearings. In the simplest and oldest case the bearing is just a round hole through which the axle passes (a «plain bearing»). Even with a plain bearing, the frictional work is greatly reduced because:

The normal force at the sliding interface is same as with simple dragging.
The sliding distance is reduced for a given distance of travel.
The coefficient of friction at the interface is usually lower.

Example:

If a 100 kg object is dragged for 10 m along a surface with the coefficient of friction μ = 0.5, the normal force is 981 N and the work done (required energy) is (work=force x distance) 981 × 0.5 × 10 = 4905 joules.
Now give the object 4 wheels. The normal force between the 4 wheels and axles is the same (in total) 981 N. Assume, for wood, μ = 0.25, and say the wheel diameter is 1000 mm and axle diameter is 50 mm. So while the object still moves 10 m the sliding frictional surfaces only slide over each other a distance of 0.5 m. The work done is 981 × 0.25 × 0.5 = 123 joules; the work done has reduced to 1/40 of that of dragging.

Additional energy is lost from the wheel-to-road interface. This is termed rolling resistance which is predominantly a deformation loss. It depends on the nature of the ground, of the material of the wheel, its inflation in the case of a tire, the net torque exerted by the eventual engine, and many other factors.

A wheel can also offer advantages in traversing irregular surfaces if the wheel radius is sufficiently large compared to the irregularities.

The wheel alone is not a machine, but when attached to an axle in conjunction with bearing, it forms the wheel and axle, one of the simple machines. A driven wheel is an example of a wheel and axle. Wheels pre-date driven wheels by about 6000 years, themselves an evolution of using round logs as rollers to move a heavy load—a practice going back in pre-history so far that it has not been dated.

Construction

This section is about the structure of a wheel. For the making of wire-spoked wheels, see Wheelbuilding. For the making of non-wire spoked wheels, see Wheel construction.

Rim

The rim is the «outer edge of a wheel, holding the tire».^[40] It makes up the outer circular design of the wheel on which the inside edge of the tire is mounted on vehicles such as automobiles. For example, on a bicycle wheel the rim is a large hoop attached to the outer ends of the spokes of the wheel that holds the tire and tube.

In the 1st millennium BCE an iron rim was introduced around the wooden wheels of chariots.

Hub

The hub is the center of the wheel, and typically houses a bearing, and is where the spokes meet.

A hubless wheel (also known as a rim-rider or centerless wheel) is a type of wheel with no center hub. More specifically, the hub is actually almost as big as the wheel itself. The axle is hollow, following the wheel at very close tolerances.

Spokes

A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. The term originally referred to portions of a log which had been split lengthwise into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke (from a log) into their finished shape. A spokeshave is a tool originally developed for this purpose. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright’s work, than to the materials used.

Wire

The rims of wire wheels (or «wire spoked wheels») are connected to their hubs by wire spokes. Although these wires are generally stiffer than a typical wire rope, they function mechanically the same as tensioned flexible wires, keeping the rim true while supporting applied loads.

Wire wheels are used on most bicycles and still used on many motorcycles. They were invented by aeronautical engineer George Cayley and first used in bicycles by James Starley. A process of assembling wire wheels is described as wheelbuilding.

Tire/Tyre

A wheel with car tire made by BMW company

A tire (in American English and Canadian English) or tyre (in some Commonwealth Nations such as UK, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel rim to protect it and enable better vehicle performance by providing a flexible cushion that absorbs shock while keeping the wheel in close contact with the ground. The word itself may be derived from the word «tie», which refers to the outer steel ring part of a wooden cart wheel that ties the wood segments together (see Etymology above).

The fundamental materials of modern tires are synthetic rubber, natural rubber, fabric, and wire, along with other compound chemicals. They consist of a tread and a body. The tread provides traction while the body ensures support. Before rubber was invented, the first versions of tires were simply bands of metal that fitted around wooden wheels to prevent wear and tear. Today, the vast majority of tires are pneumatic inflatable structures, comprising a doughnut-shaped body of cords and wires encased in rubber and generally filled with compressed air to form an inflatable cushion. Pneumatic tires are used on many types of vehicles, such as cars, bicycles, motorcycles, trucks, earthmovers, and aircraft.

Protruding or covering attachments

Extreme off-road conditions have resulted in the invention of several types of wheel cover, which may be constructed as removable attachments or as permanent covers. Wheels like this are no longer necessarily round, or have panels that make the ground-contact area flat.

Examples include:

Snow chains — Specially designed chain assemblies that wrap around the tire to provide increased grip, designed for deep snow.^[41]
Dreadnaught wheel — A type of permanently attached hinged panels for general extreme off-road use. These are not connected directly to the wheels, but to each other.
Pedrail wheel — A system of rails that holds panels that hold the vehicle. These do not necessarily have to be built as a circle (wheel) and are thus also a form of Continuous track.
A version of the above examples (name unknown to the writer) was commonly used on heavy artillery during World War I. Specific examples: Cannone da 149/35 A and the Big Bertha. These were panels that were connected to each other by multiple hinges and could be installed over a contemporary wheel.
Continuous track — A system of linked and hinged chains/panels that cover multiple wheels in a way that allows the vehicles mass to be distributed across the space between wheels that are positioned in front of / behind other wheels.
«Tire totes» — A bag designed to cover a tire to improve traction in deep snow.^[42]^[43]

Truck and bus wheels may block (stop rotating) under certain circumstances, such as brake system failure. To help detect this, they sometimes feature «wheel rotation indicators»: colored strips of plastic attached to the rim and protruding out from it, such that they can be seen by the driver in the side-view mirrors. These devices were invented and patented in 1998 by a Canadian truck shop owner.^[44]

Alternatives

While wheels are very widely used for ground transport, there are alternatives, some of which are suitable for terrain where wheels are ineffective. Alternative methods for ground transport without wheels include:

Maglev
Sled, ski or travois
Hovercraft and ekranoplans
Walking pedestrian, Litter (vehicle) or a walking machine
Horse riding
Caterpillar tracks (operated by wheels)
Pedrail wheels, using aspects of both wheel and caterpillar track
Spheres, as used by Dyson vacuum cleaners and hamster balls
Screw-propelled vehicle

Symbolism

The wheel has also become a strong cultural and spiritual metaphor for a cycle or regular repetition (see chakra, reincarnation, Yin and Yang among others). As such and because of the difficult terrain, wheeled vehicles were forbidden in old Tibet. The wheel in ancient China is seen as a symbol of health and strength and used by some villages as a tool to predict future health and success. The diameter of the wheel is indicator of one’s future health. The Kalachakra or wheel of time is also a subject in some forms of Buddhism, along with the dharmachakra.^[45]^[46]

The winged wheel is a symbol of progress, seen in many contexts including the coat of arms of Panama, the logo of the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the State Railway of Thailand. The wheel is also the prominent figure on the flag of India. The wheel in this case represents law (dharma). It also appears in the flag of the Romani people, hinting to their nomadic history and their Indian origins.

The introduction of spoked (chariot) wheels in the Middle Bronze Age appears to have carried somewhat of a prestige. The sun cross appears to have a significance in Bronze Age religion, replacing the earlier concept of a solar barge with the more ‘modern’ and technologically advanced solar chariot. The wheel was also a solar symbol for the Ancient Egyptians.^[47]

In modern usage, the ‘invention of the wheel’ can be considered as a symbol of one of the first technologies of early civilization, alongside farming and metalwork, and thus be used as a benchmark to grade the level of societal progress.^{[citation needed]}

Some Neopagans such as Wiccans have adopted the Wheel of the Year into their religious practices.^[48]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English whele, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally «(the thing that) turns and turns.»

See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀‎ (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá)); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”)). Doublet of charkha, cycle, and chakra.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: wēl, IPA^(key): /ʍiːl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ʍil/, /wil/
Rhymes: -iːl
Homophones: wheal, weal (in accents with the wine-whine merger), weel (in accents with the wine-whine merger), we’ll (one pronunciation; in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun[edit]

A wheel on a car

Painting of a wheel (instrument of torture)

Wheels of cheese (gouda)

In heraldry, wheels are often (not always) depicted with six spokes.

wheel (plural wheels)

A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
  
  The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
1. (informal, with «the») A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
2. (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
3. A spinning wheel.
4. A potter’s wheel.
  - Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
  - 1878, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kéramos
    
    Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar / A touch can make, a touch can mar.
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
(slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
1. (computing, dated) A superuser on certain systems.
(poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(automotive) A wheelrim.
A round portion of cheese.
A Catherine wheel firework.
(obsolete) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  
  Flashing thick flames , wheel within wheel undrawn
A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
(figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.

the wheel of life
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
  
  According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves.
(slang, archaic) A dollar.
(UK, slang, archaic) A crown coin; a «cartwheel».
(archaic, informal) A bicycle or tricycle.
- 1927 March, Popular Science (page 22)
  
  There was no vehicle of any sort, on land or water, in those days, that could go as fast as a bicycle, except a railroad train. […] Hammondsport and Glenn Curtiss had never even heard of the not yet quite born automobile. But Glenn Curtiss could push his «wheel,» with those long legs of his, uphill, downhill or on the level, faster than any other boy in Hammondsport.
A manoeuvre in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.

Synonyms[edit]

(instrument of torture): breaking wheel
(wheel rim): rim

Derived terms[edit]

back wheel
balance wheel
behind the wheel
big wheel
break on the wheel
breaking wheel
buffing wheel
cartwheel
Catherine wheel
click wheel
cog wheel, cogwheel
color wheel, colour wheel
daisy wheel
disk wheel
driving wheel
eighteen-wheeler
escape wheel
Ferris wheel
fifth wheel
flywheel
foundling wheel
four-wheel
four-wheel drive, four-wheel-drive
freewheel
freewheeling
front wheel
front-wheel drive
gearwheel, gear wheel
Geneva wheel
grease the wheels
hell on wheels
idle wheel
kick wheel
lantern wheel
leading wheel
mag wheel
meals on wheels
mill wheel
motorcycle wheel
open-wheel
paddle wheel
Persian wheel
pinwheel
planet wheel
potter’s wheel
prayer wheel
print wheel
ratchet wheel
reaction wheel
rear wheel
reinvent the wheel
roulette wheel
scoopwheel, scoop wheel
skateboard wheel
spin one’s wheels
spinning wheel
sprocket wheel
steel wheel
steering wheel
stern-wheeler
take the wheel
the squeaky wheel gets the grease
the wheel
the wheels fell off
three-wheel
three-wheeler
tide wheel
trailing wheel, training wheels
two-wheeler
wagon wheel
water wheel
wheel and axle
wheel arrangement
wheel breadth
wheel clamp
wheel fiddle
wheel flat
wheel lathe
wheel of Fortune
wheel of life
wheel rim
wheel shop
wheel war
wheel within a wheel
wheelbarrow
wheelbase
wheelchair
wheeled
wheelhorse
wheelhouse
wheelie
wheelie bin
wheels are turning
wheelslide
wheelslip
wheelspin
wheeltapper, wheel-tapper
wheelwell
wheelwright
wheely
worm wheel

Translations[edit]

a circular device facilitating movement or transportation

Abkhaz: агьежь (agʲež)
Afrikaans: wiel (af)
Albanian: rrotë (sq) f, rrath m
Amharic: መንኮራኩር (mänkorakur)
Apache:

Western Apache: bigan, bikee’
Arabic: عَجَلَة‎ f (ʕajala)

Egyptian Arabic: عجلة‎ f (ʿagala)

Moroccan Arabic: رويضة‎ (rwīḍa)
Aragonese: rueda f
Armenian: անիվ (hy) (aniv), ակ (hy) (ak)
Aromanian: roatã f, arãcoatã, furcutash, ghirgal
Assamese: চকা n (soka)
Asturian: rueda f
Avar: гьакибер (hakiber), чарх (čarx)
Azerbaijani: çarx (az), təkər (az)
Bashkir: тәгәрмәс (tägärmäs)
Basque: gurpil (eu), txirringa, txirrika (eu)
Belarusian: ко́ла n (kóla)
Bengali: চাকা (bn) (caka)
Breton: rod (br) f
Bulgarian: колело́ (bg) n (koleló)
Burmese: ဘီး (my) (bhi:)
Buryat: мөөр (möör)
Catalan: roda (ca) f
Cebuano: ligid
Chechen: чӏуьрг (čʼürg), чӏуг (čʼug)
Cherokee: ᎦᏆᏙᏗ (gaquadodi)
Chichewa: wiro, gudumu
Chinese:

Cantonese: 轆／辘 (yue) (luk¹)

Dungan: гўлў (gwlw)

Hakka: 輪子／轮子 (lin-é)

Mandarin: 輪子／轮子 (zh) (lúnzi), 軲轆／轱辘 (zh) (gūlu) (colloquial), 輪／轮 (zh) (lún) (classical or in compounds), 轔／辚 (zh) (lín) (classical)

Min Dong: 輪輪／轮轮 (lùng-lùng)

Min Nan: 輪／轮 (zh-min-nan) (lûn)

Wu: 輪盤／轮盘 (len boe)
Chuvash: кустӑрма (kustărma)
Czech: kolo (cs) n
Danish: hjul (da) n
Daur: kurde
Dhivehi: ފުރޮޅު‎ (furoḷu)
Dutch: wiel (nl) n, rad (nl) n
Emilian: (Carpi) róda f
Esperanto: rado
Estonian: ratas
Ewe: ɣufɔtsi
Extremaduran: roalga f
Faroese: hjól (fo) n, hvæl n
Fiji Hindi: pahiya
Finnish: pyörä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: roua f
French: roue (fr) f
Friulian: ruede f
Galician: roda (gl) f
Georgian: ბორბალი (borbali)
German: Rad (de) n

Alemannic German: Rad n

Bavarian: Radl n

Pennsylvania German: Raad n
Greek: ρόδα (el) f (róda)

Ancient: τροχός m (trokhós)
Gujarati: ચક્ર f (cakra)
Haitian Creole: rou
Hausa: k’afa
Hebrew: גַּלְגַּל‎ (he) m (gálgal)
Higaonon: ligid
Hindi: चक्र (hi) m (cakra), पहिया (hi) m (pahiyā)
Hungarian: kerék (hu)
Icelandic: hjól (is) n
Ido: roto (io)
Igbo: wiil
Ilocano: pilid
Indonesian: roda (id)
Ingrian: ratas
Interlingua: rota (ia)
Inupiaq: aksraligaun
Irish: roth m
Isan: กงจักร (kungcạkr), อริน (arin)
Istriot: rùda f
Italian: ruota (it) f
Japanese: 車 (ja) (くるま, kuruma), 車輪 (ja) (しゃりん, sharin), 輪 (ja) (わ, wa)
Javanese: rodha (jv)
Kaingang: jyryryn
Kalmyk: төгә (tögä)
Kannada: ಚಕ್ರ (kn) (cakra)
Kapampangan: gulung, parulang, parugang
Kazakh: доңғалақ (doñğalaq), дөңгелек (kk) (döñgelek), тегермеш (tegermeş), төңгелек (töñgelek)
Khmer: កង់ (km) (kɑng)
Komi-Permyak: гӧгыль (gögyľ)
Korean: 바퀴 (ko) (bakwi), 차륜(車輪) (ko) (charyun)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: çerx (ku)
Kyrgyz: дөңгөлөк (ky) (döŋgölök)
Lao: ກົງ (lo) (kong), ລໍ້ (lǭ), ກົງລໍ້ (lo) (kong lǭ)
Latin: rota f
Latvian: ritenis m, rats (lv) m
Ligurian: reua f
Limburgish: raad (li) n
Lingala: nzínga class 9/10
Lithuanian: ratas (lt) m
Lombard: röda, rœuda, reuda f
Low German:

Dutch Low Saxon: Rad (nds) n

German Low German: Rad (nds) n
Luganda: namuziga
Luxembourgish: Rad (lb) n
Macedonian: тркало n (trkalo)
Malagasy: foina (mg)
Malay: roda (ms), lereng (Singapore), liring (Kedah)
Malayalam: ചക്രം (ml) (cakraṃ)
Maltese: rota (mt) f
Manx: queeyl f
Maori: wīra
Marathi: चाक n (cāk)
Mari:

Eastern Mari: орава (orava)
Mirandese: ruoda f
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: хүрд (mn) (xürd)
Nahuatl: malacatl (nah), malakatl (nah)
Neapolitan: rota f
Nepali: चक्का (ne) (cakkā), पाङ्ग्रा (pāṅgrā)
Newar: घःचा (gha:cā)
Nivkh: кулкулс (kulkuls), кулкус (kulkus), кулгур̌ (kulguř) (dialectal)
Norman: reue f
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hjul (no) n

Nynorsk: hjul n
Occitan: ròda (oc) f, arròda (oc) f
Ojibwe: detibised
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: коло n (kolo)
Old Dutch: wiel
Old East Slavic: коло n (kolo)
Old English: hwēol n
Old Frisian: hwēl
Old Irish: roth
Old Norse: hvēl
Old Saxon: hwiol
Oriya: ଚକ (or) (côkô)
Ossetian: цалх (calx)
Pali: cakka n

Burmese: စက္က n (cakka)

Devanagari: चक्क n (cakka)
Papiamentu: wiel
Pashto: څرخ‎ m (čarx)
Persian: چرخ‎ (fa) (čarx)
Piedmontese: roa f, rova f
Polish: koło (pl) n
Portuguese: roda (pt) f
Punjabi: ਚੱਕਾ m (cakkā)
Quechua: qalla
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rohingya: sakka
Romagnol: röda f
Romanian: roată (ro) f
Romansch: roda f, rouda f
Russian: колесо́ (ru) n (kolesó)
Rwanda-Rundi: ikiziga class 7/8, umutende class 3/4 (Rwanda), urubangangwe (Rundi)
Samoan: uili
Samogitian: please add this translation if you can
Sanskrit: चक्र (sa) n or m (cakra)
Santali: ᱪᱚᱠ (côk)
Sardinian: roda, arroda, rota, orroda
Saterland Frisian: Jool
Scottish Gaelic: roth m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: то̀чак m, ко̀та̄ч m, ко̏ло n

Roman: tòčak (sh) m, kòtāč m, kȍlo (sh) n
Shan: ၸၢၵ်ႈ (shn) (tsāak)
Shor: тегелек (tegelek)
Sicilian: rota (scn) f
Sindhi: اَيٽُ‎ m (aitu)
Sinhalese: රෝදය (rōdaya)
Skolt Sami: kååˊlez
Slovak: koleso n
Slovene: kolo (sl) n
Somali: shaag m
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: kólaso n, koło n
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: rueda (es) f
Swahili: gurudumu (sw) class 5/6
Swedish: hjul (sv)
Tabasaran: чарх (čarꭓ)
Tagalog: gulong
Tahitian: huira
Tai Dam: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: чарх (tg) (čarx)
Tamil: சில்லு (ta) (cillu), சக்கிரம் (ta) (cakkiram), சக்கரம் (ta) (cakkaram)
Taos: t’áwaną
Tatar: тәгәрмәч (tt) (tägärmäç)
Telugu: చక్రం (te) (cakraṁ), చక్రము (te) (cakramu)
Thai: ล้อรถ, ล้อ (th) (lɔ́ɔ), กง (th) (gong)
Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ (‘khor lo)
Tigrinya: መንኰርኰር (mänkʷärkʷär), ዕንክሊል (ʿənkəlil)
Tocharian A: wärkänt
Tocharian B: yerkwanto
Turkish: tekerlek (tr), teker (tr), çark (tr)
Turkmen: tigir, çarh
Tuvan: дугуй (duguy)
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔𐎐 (ảpn)
Ukrainian: ко́лесо (uk) n (kóleso), ко́ло (uk) n (kólo)
Urdu: پَہِیَّہ‎ m (pahiyyā)
Uyghur: چاق‎ (chaq)
Uzbek: gʻildirak (uz)
Venetian: rua f, roda f
Vietnamese: bánh xe (vi) (𥹘車)
Vilamovian: rōt n
Volapük: luib (vo)
Voro: püür
Votic: pööre
Walloon: rowe (wa) f
Waray-Waray: lidong, kaliding
Welsh: olwyn (cy) f, rhod f
West Frisian: tsjil n
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Wolof: please add this translation if you can
Xhosa: ivili class 5/6
Yagnobi: чарх (čarx)
Yiddish: ראָד‎ f (rod)
Yoruba: kẹkẹ
Zazaki: çerx (diq)
Zhuang: loek
Zulu: isondo (zu) class 5/6

steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle — see steering wheel

steering device in a vessel

Armenian: ղեկանիվ (hy) (łekaniv)
Belarusian: штурва́л m (šturvál)
Bulgarian: щурва́л (bg) m (šturvál)
Catalan: roda de timó (ca) f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 舵輪／舵轮 (zh) (duòlún)
Dutch: stuurwiel (nl) n
Estonian: rooliratas, tüür, rool
Finnish: ruori (fi), ratti (fi), ruoriratti
French: barre (fr) f
German: Steuerrad (de) n
Greek: πηδάλιο (el) n (pidálio)
Hebrew: הגה‎ (he) m (hége)
Italian: timone (it), ruota del timone
Japanese: 舵輪 (だりん, darin)
Korean: 타륜(舵輪) (taryun)
Luxembourgish: Steierrad n
Old Norse: hvēl
Polish: koło sterowe (pl) n
Portuguese: timão (pt) m
Russian: штурва́л (ru) m (šturvál)
Swedish: ratt (sv) c
Turkish: dümen (tr)
Ukrainian: штурва́л m (šturvál)
Vietnamese: bánh lái (vi)

lowest straight in poker

Finnish: pyörä (fi)
Korean: 휠 (hwil)
Old Norse: hvēl

wheel rim

Bulgarian: джанта f (džanta)
Finnish: vanne (fi)
French: roue (fr)
German: Felge (de) f
Italian: cerchio (it), cerchione (it)
Korean: 림 (ko) (rim)
Norman: reue f
Old Norse: hvēl
Spanish: llanta (es) f
Turkish: jant (tr)

References[edit]

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Verb[edit]

wheel (third-person singular simple present wheels, present participle wheeling, simple past and past participle wheeled)

(transitive) To roll along on wheels.

Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
- 1841, “Parliamentary Masons.—Parliamentary Pictures,” Punch, Volume I, p. 162,^[1]
  
  Why should we confine a body of men to making laws, when so many of them might be more usefully employed in wheeling barrows?
- 1916, H. G. Wells, Mr. Britling Sees It Through, Book I, Chapter 1, § 9,^[2]
  
  But two cheerful women servants appeared from what was presumably the kitchen direction, wheeling a curious wicker erection, which his small guide informed him was called Aunt Clatter—manifestly deservedly—and which bore on its shelves the substance of the meal.
(transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- 1916, Robert Frost, “A Girl’s Garden” in Mountain Interval, New York: Henry Holt & Co., p. 61,^[3]
  
  She wheeled the dung in the wheelbarrow
  
  Along a stretch of road;
  
  But she always ran away and left
  
  Her not-nice load,
- 1924, Bess Streeter Aldrich, Mother Mason, Chapter 3,^[4]
  
  Bob was wheeling the baby up and down, Mabel watching him, hawk-eyed, as though she suspected him of harboring intentions of tipping the cab over.
- 2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[5]:
  
  We open in a grimy, fluorescent-lit military base somewhere in rural England, where the girl from the poster, Melanie (Sennia Nanua), is the star student in a class full of children who are wheeled into school—or at least, the nondescript concrete room that serves as a school—with their arms, legs, and foreheads bound to their wheelchairs by leather straps.
(intransitive, dated) To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
(intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  
  Your daughter, if you have not given her leave,
  I say again, hath made a gross revolt;
  Tying her duty, beauty, wit and fortunes
  In an extravagant and wheeling stranger
  Of here and every where.
- 1898, Stephen Crane, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”^[6]
  
  The dog screamed, and, wheeling in terror, galloped headlong in a new direction.
- 1912, James Stephens, The Charwoman’s Daughter, Chapter 8,^[7]
  
  The gulls in the river were flying in long, lazy curves, dipping down to the water, skimming it an instant, and then wheeling up again with easy, slanting wings.
- 1917, A. E. W. Mason, The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel, Chapter 3,^[8]
  
  But before he could move a step a taxi-cab turned into the Adelphi from the Strand, and wheeling in front of their faces, stopped at Calladine’s door.
- 1922, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Introduction, Chapter 5,^[9]
  
  Enver, Jemal and Feisal watched the troops wheeling and turning in the dusty plain outside the city gate, rushing up and down in mimic camel-battle, or spurring their horses in the javelin game after immemorial Arab fashion.
(transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- 1898, Samuel Butler, The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Prose, Book 17,^[10]
  
  […] he did as Menelaus had said, and set off running as soon as he had given his armour to a comrade, Laodocus, who was wheeling his horses round, close beside him.
- 1931, Robert E. Howard, Hawks of Outremer, Chapter 2,^[11]
  
  Then wheeling his black steed suddenly, he raced away before the dazed soldiers could get their wits together to send a shower of arrows after him.
(intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.

The vulture wheeled above us.
- 1829, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Timbuctoo,” lines 63-67,^[12]
  
  […] Each aloft
  
  Upon his narrowed eminence bore globes
  
  Of wheeling suns, or stars, or semblances
  
  Of either, showering circular abyss
  
  Of radiance.
- 1917 November, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “The Wild Swans at Coole”, in The Wild Swans at Coole, Other Verses an a Play in Verse, Churchtown, Dundrum [Dublin]: The Cuala Press, →OCLC, page 1:
  
  The nineteenth Autumn has come upon me / Since I first made my count. / I saw, before I had well finished, / All suddenly mount / And scatter wheeling in great broken rings / Upon their clamorous wings.
- 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 8,^[13]
  
  We could see the poor brute in the bottom, as the vultures came wheeling down like baroque aeroplanes; its ribs were already bare.
- 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎^[14]:
  
  As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth changes, too. At the nearest point along its egg-shaped orbit, its perigee, the moon may be 26,000 miles closer to us than it is at its far point.
(transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 499-501:
  
  Now Heav’n in all her Glorie shon, and rowld
  Her motions, as the great first-Movers hand
  First wheeld thir course;
- 1751, Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, lines 5-8,^[15]
  
  Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,
  
  And all the air a solemn stillness holds,
  
  Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,
  
  And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds:
- 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Sunrise on the Hills,”^[16]
  
  […] upward, in the mellow blush of day,
  
  The noisy bittern wheeled his spiral way.

Derived terms[edit]

wheel around
wheel away
word-wheeling

Translations[edit]

To roll along as on wheels

Bulgarian: търкалям (bg) (tǎrkaljam)
Catalan: rodar (ca)
Finnish: rullata (fi)
French: rouler (fr)
Greek: τσουλάω (el) (tsouláo)
Italian: ruotare (it), roteare, girare (it)
Korean: 구르다 (ko) (gureuda)
Macedonian: тркала (trkala)
Maori: wīra
Portuguese: rodar (pt)
Spanish: rodar (es)
Swedish: rulla (sv)
Waray-Waray: lid-o

Anagrams[edit]

Lehew

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

wheel

Alternative form of whele (“wheel”)

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English whele, from Old English hwēol.

Noun[edit]

wheel

wheel
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 6:
  
  But zit ad hime wi vlaxen wheel,
  
  But sit at home with flaxen wheel,

References[edit]

Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

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Often a wheel, sometimes a cart-wheel or even a spinning-wheel, formed part of the mechanism; in Aberdeenshire it was called the muckle wheel; in the island of Mull the wheel was turned from east to west over nine spindles of oak-wood. ❋ Unknown (1922)

Heah come a wheel — two wheels — three wheels; fetch one mo ‘; heah, a odd wheel; de train’s a-saggin’ down lop-sided fur _one mo ‘wheel_! ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)

The wheel of Fortune is not the _wheel_ of a _housewife_. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

There is no necessity of our seeing one another in the business, but I do want to put my shoulder to the wheel — _wheel_ of Fortune, eh? ha, ha! «and he rubbed his large hands gleefully till they fairly glowed. ❋ Alexandre Dumas Fils (1859)

The term wheel is used because the Buddha’s teachings explain the cycle or circle of existence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because the word wheel no longer applied to a single, proprietary product. ❋ JEFF COX (2000)

Not trying to rebuild the wheel is a wise thing to do. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And the wheel is about to hit the road again, I believe, as those who are now adolescents and pre-teens face realities that have nothing to do with sex or personal style. ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

The first in the wheel is a very, very old fairy story. ❋ Unknown (1893)

Galgal here used for «wheel,» is different from ophan, the simple word for «wheel.» ❋ Unknown (1871)

While I write, the fatal ‘wheel‘ is turning, and the names are being drawn at the offices of the several provost marshals. ❋ Unknown (1865)

The wheel is 100 feet high and takes four cars on one trip. ❋ Red (2009)

Her very short skirts, which are made of numberless layers of white tulle, and the top layer, which stands out almost like a wheel, is adorned with a bold lattice work of silver ruching and diamante and interlaced with a delicate tracery of pale blue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pictured in wheel chair on cover of THE POST EAGLE, New ❋ Unknown (2010)

Have you ever noticed that the only way you can keep your feet on the ground, your head in the clouds, reaching for the stars with your nose to the grindstone and your shoulder to the wheel is to become some kind of steampunk contortionist? ❋ Ulysses (2009)

Between this post, and all the aerospace garbage, my mouse wheel is getting a WORKOUT today! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Between this post, and all the aerospace posts, my mouse wheel is getting a work out today! ❋ Unknown (2009)

«Hey guys, [watch me] go wheel that [broad].» -or-
«I’ve totaly been [wheeling] this chick from work». ❋ JohnyBarber (2003)

Hey that [neanderthal] had a good idea with that wheel, now our wives won’t [force] us to do crap [we don’t] want to! ❋ WhoGonnaKnow (2011)

Man that last guy we [played with] was a [freakin’] wheel, he [fed] their whole team all game! ❋ GuitarManiac (2008)

(i)I shouted «wheel» as [Brockie] played the intro of ‘Echo box’.
(ii) Wheel and come my [selector], you bad [no bitch]! ❋ MaNaTaRmZ (2003)

[I’m not] feeling well enough to [drive]. [The wheel] is yours today. ❋ The Return Of Light Joker (2010)

[The wheels on the bus go round and round]…
The [steering wheel] controls the direction of travel.
A [wheelie] is when the driver rides on the rear wheel(s) of a vehicle. ❋ J_man (2009)

[josh] is her wheel. ❋ Landocommando (2010)

«[Maxwell] used to wheel that [broad] so hard her head went [through the wall].» ❋ Chan (2005)

I’m [baked], let’s [order] some wheel. ❋ Reginald Dunlop (2004)

«guys, [i would] like you to meet my wheel, her name is [sarah]»
«did you see that guys wheel? she is a [fox].» ❋ Jacques Macmegalodon (2005)

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I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.

Grace Abbott

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHEEL

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

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WHEEL

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHEEL

Wheel is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wheel in English.

WHAT DOES WHEEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wheel

Wheel

A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axial bearing. The wheel is one of the main components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily facilitating movement or transportation while supporting a load, or performing labor in machines. Wheels are also used for other purposes, such as a ship’s wheel, steering wheel, potter’s wheel and flywheel. Common examples are found in transport applications. A wheel greatly reduces friction by facilitating motion by rolling together with the use of axles. In order for wheels to rotate, a moment needs to be applied to the wheel about its axis, either by way of gravity, or by the application of another external force or torque.

Definition of wheel in the English dictionary

The first definition of wheel in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of wheel is anything like a wheel in shape or function. Wheel is also a device consisting of or resembling a wheel or having a wheel as its principal component.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHEEL

PRESENT

Present

I wheel

you wheel

he/she/it wheels

we wheel

you wheel

they wheel

Present continuous

I am wheeling

you are wheeling

he/she/it is wheeling

we are wheeling

you are wheeling

they are wheeling

Present perfect

I have wheeled

you have wheeled

he/she/it has wheeled

we have wheeled

you have wheeled

they have wheeled

Present perfect continuous

I have been wheeling

you have been wheeling

he/she/it has been wheeling

we have been wheeling

you have been wheeling

they have been wheeling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wheeled

you wheeled

he/she/it wheeled

we wheeled

you wheeled

they wheeled

Past continuous

I was wheeling

you were wheeling

he/she/it was wheeling

we were wheeling

you were wheeling

they were wheeling

Past perfect

I had wheeled

you had wheeled

he/she/it had wheeled

we had wheeled

you had wheeled

they had wheeled

Past perfect continuous

I had been wheeling

you had been wheeling

he/she/it had been wheeling

we had been wheeling

you had been wheeling

they had been wheeling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wheel

you will wheel

he/she/it will wheel

we will wheel

you will wheel

they will wheel

Future continuous

I will be wheeling

you will be wheeling

he/she/it will be wheeling

we will be wheeling

you will be wheeling

they will be wheeling

Future perfect

I will have wheeled

you will have wheeled

he/she/it will have wheeled

we will have wheeled

you will have wheeled

they will have wheeled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been wheeling

you will have been wheeling

he/she/it will have been wheeling

we will have been wheeling

you will have been wheeling

they will have been wheeling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wheel

you would wheel

he/she/it would wheel

we would wheel

you would wheel

they would wheel

Conditional continuous

I would be wheeling

you would be wheeling

he/she/it would be wheeling

we would be wheeling

you would be wheeling

they would be wheeling

Conditional perfect

I would have wheel

you would have wheel

he/she/it would have wheel

we would have wheel

you would have wheel

they would have wheel

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been wheeling

you would have been wheeling

he/she/it would have been wheeling

we would have been wheeling

you would have been wheeling

they would have been wheeling

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wheel
we let´s wheel
you wheel

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Present Participle

wheeling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHEEL

Synonyms and antonyms of wheel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «WHEEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wheel» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «wheel» into 25 languages

TRANSLATION OF WHEEL

Find out the translation of wheel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wheel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wheel» in English.

Translator English — Chinese

轮子

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish

rueda

570 millions of speakers

English

wheel

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi

पहिया

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic

عَجَلَة

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian

колесо

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese

roda

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali

চাকা

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French

roue

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay

Roda

190 millions of speakers

Translator English — German

Rad

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese

車輪

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean

바퀴

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese

Roda

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese

bánh xe

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil

சக்கர

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi

चाक

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish

tekerlek

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian

ruota

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish

koło

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian

колесо

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian

roată

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek

τροχός

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans

wiel

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish

hjul

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian

hjul

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wheel

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHEEL»

The term «wheel» is very widely used and occupies the 3.389 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHEEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wheel

10 QUOTES WITH «WHEEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wheel.

I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.

Building a robot that has legs and walks around is a very expensive proposition. Mother Nature has created many wonderful things, but one thing we do have that nature doesn’t is the wheel, a continuous rotating joint, and tracks, so we need to make use of inventions to make things simpler.

I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling.

Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, and the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly and as closely as that forged from our vices.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that’s your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that’s your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that’s your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.

Wall Street wants to keep its schemes too complicated to understand so that the roulette wheel can keep turning.

In Brooklyn, I don’t feel that I’m holding up people with briefcases if I catch a stroller wheel in the sidewalk.

The scary thing is a dramatic erosion of American position in the world — its economic, military position, as well as America’s influence. Obama is not the man at the wheel desperately trying to conserve American power, influence and wealth. For ideological reasons, he wants the slipping to continue. He’s actually the architect of it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHEEL»

Discover the use of wheel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wheel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel:

Love is in the air—but what does that mean for Greg Heffley?

Now available in paperback, this delightful book spins the history of the information wheel, as inventive and instructive as intriguing, that has been used since the fourteenth century to measure, record, predict, and calculate everything …

Published originally in 1895, this classic by Frances Willard, the founder of the WCTU and well-known suffragette, gives insight into both the profound impact of the bicycle at the turn of the century and the new freedom it gave to women in …

Frances Elizabeth Willard, 1997

Faced with the prospect of an unhappy life in the Kingdom, fourteen-year-old Birle accompanies a young runaway nobleman on a journey south and falls into slavery in the citadel of a cruel prince.

The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology

«This book came about as the result of a vision that I had long ago….» So writes Chippewa medicine man, seer, and Indian leader Sun Bear.

Sun Bear, Wabun Wind, 2011

Lotto Wheel Five to Win

Fifty systems in this book cost an affordable $5 or less to use, and more than 100 systems cost $10 or less. Simply choose six or more pick-5 lotto numbers and place them in the corresponding lettered boxes.

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders …

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries—the source of the Indo-European languages and English—and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age

Scharff looks at women’s struggles to be accepted as drivers.

The Reaction Wheel Pendulum

As such, the Reaction Wheel Pendulum is ideally suited for educating engineering students at virtually every level, from freshman to advanced graduate students.

Daniel Jerome Block, Karl Johan Åström, Mark W. Spong, 2007

The Manifestation Wheel: A Practical Process for Creating …

There are eight houses on the Manifestation Wheel: intention, peace, energy, guidance, empowerment, action, surrender, legacy. Seale teaches a process that allows readers to tap into their own intuition and the collective consciousness.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHEEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wheel is used in the context of the following news items.

400-Foot Orlando Eye Ferris Wheel Stops, Stranding 66 Riders

Authorities say a technical crew with The Orlando Eye has safely removed all 66 riders who were stranded aboard the 400-foot Ferris wheel that stopped moving … «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»

Chicago to replace Navy Pier Ferris wheel with taller one

Navy Pier’s Ferris wheel, an icon of the Chicago lakefront, will be dismantled this fall and replaced by a taller ride featuring temperature-controlled gondolas that … «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

Nik Wallenda walks atop towering Orlando observation wheel

ORLANDO — Drive down Interstate 4 in Orlando and you’ll see a new landmark towering over the tourist district. You can’t miss it. It’s the tallest observation … «USA TODAY, Apr 15»

Daredevil Nik Wallenda to walk on moving, 400-foot-high Ferris wheel

Wallenda will board the giant Ferris wheel like any normal spectator, taking a passenger capsule to the top. He’ll then have to climb out of the capsule and down … «Globalnews.ca, Apr 15»

Wallenda Wire: Daredevil Nik to Walk Atop 400-Foot Ferris Wheel

Daredevil high-wire walker Nik Wallenda announced this week he will tackle a new challenge, walking on a moving 400-foot-high Florida observation wheel, the … «Newsmax, Apr 15»

Tesla unveils new $75000 Model S 70D with all-wheel-drive

Tesla has unveiled a new version of its popular, all-electric Model S. The Model S 70D replaces the Model S 60, and now features all-wheel-drive standard in … «ExtremeTech, Apr 15»

High Roller wheel not meeting rider expectations

Advertised as the «world’s coolest new tourist attraction,» the High Roller at The LINQ stands out, even on the Las Vegas Strip. While the wheel has been … «KVVU Las Vegas, Mar 15»

Watch Pat Sajak’s Meltdown on Wheel of Fortune

A guy on Wheel of Fortune Monday night was so certain he could solve a puzzle with the letter “N” that he yelled his guess, “riding a brown horse!” Turns out that … «TIME, Nov 14»

Tesla Model SD (2015) goes all-wheel drive

Tesla has announced a new four-wheel drive variant of its four-door Model S electric car. Called the Model S ‘D’, the extra letter stands ‘Dual Motor’, and brings … «CAR Magazine, Oct 14»

Elon Take The Wheel

Not only does that give the Model S all-wheel-drive, it improves the car in nearly every way, Musk said. “Better roadholding,” for openers. “Acceleration gets a … «Forbes, Oct 14»

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What does wheel mean? Here you find 52 meanings of the word wheel. You can also add a definition of wheel yourself

1	0 0 «to turn like a wheel,» c. 1200, from wheel (n.); transitive sense attested from late 14c. Related: Wheeled; wheeling.

2	0 0 wheel Old English hweol, hweogol «wheel,» from Proto-Germanic hwewlaz- (source also of Old Norse hvel, Old Swedish hiughl, Old Frisian hwel, Middle Dutch weel), from PIE kw(e)-kwl-o- «wheel [..]

3	0 0 wheel Wheel [N](Heb. galgal; rendered «wheel» in Psalms 83:13 , and «a rolling thing» in Isaiah 17:13 ; RSV in both, «whirling dust»). This word has been supposed to mean the w [..]

4	0 0 wheel rotating circular device used in a wide variety of tools and machinery.

5	0 0 wheel a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) change directions as if revolving on a pivot; &a [..]

6	0 0 wheel a large flat circle made of wood or metal. Cars, buses and bicycles must have wheels to be able to move along

7	0 0 wheel [from slang `big wheel’ for a powerful person] n. A person who has an active wheel bit. «We need to find a wheel to unwedge the hung tape drives.» (see wedged, sense 1.)

8	0 0 wheel (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, [..]

9	0 0 wheel Heart, circulatory system, emotions; Lug nuts: Lymph system; Wheelchair: restricting / repressing feelings

10	0 0 wheel A hub, rim, and spokes all together; may also include the tire and tube.

11	0 0 wheel Betting all possible combinations in an exotic wager using at least one horse as the key. See part wheel.

12	0 0 wheel Rotating fan, fan blade or impeller inside machine housing

13	0 0 wheel (n) a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)(n) a handwheel that is used for steering(n) f [..]

14	0 0 wheel The steering wheel, used to «drive» or «steer» a vessel.

15	0 0 wheel The wheel will turn the rudder, and steer the ship.

16	0 0 wheel Emblematical of St. Catharine, who was put to death on a wheel somewhat resembling a chaff-cutter.

17	0 0 wheel n. Serendipity. Emphatic forms: MOBY WIN, SUPER WIN, HYPER-WIN (often used interjectively as a reply). For some reason SUITABLE WIN is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory soluti [..]

18	0 0 wheel Larger of the two meshing gears is called wheel.

19	0 0 wheel Betting all possible combinations in an exotic wager using at least one horse as the key. See part wheel.

20	0 0 wheel The larger gears in a watch which are often spoked. Solid smaller gears are called Pinions.

21	0 0 wheel device used for steering a boat.

22	0 0 wheel Also referred to as a pinion, the wheel is a circular part that revolves around an axis to transmit power.

23	0 0 wheel A flight control operated by turning with hands in fixed-wing aircraft, primarily to control roll (heading) via the ailerons; wheel is connected to yoke;

24	0 0 wheel A wheel is a round object that is intended to rotate on a bearing. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily moved or rolled.

25	0 0 wheel A ground display piece mounted on a wooden frame and designed to rotate about its axis like a pinwheel.

26	0 0 wheel a.k.a, “Slice.” Fruit [usually citrus] cut perpendicular to axis. Used as garnish or decoration. Not ideal for actually squeezing into drink. A “whole wheel” is fully circular. A “half wheel” is sometimes used as a garnish as well.

27	0 0 wheel Fruit cut into a wheel shape for garnish, and placed on the rim of a glass.

28	0 0 wheel Usual name for the steering wheel by which a rudder is moved, or a steering engine actuated. In U.S.A. the name is given to a screw propeller.

29	0 0 wheel Nickname for propeller, steering gear control.

30	0 0 wheel Ship’s wheel or wheel of the helm. A spoked round steering device, linked to the tiller by a configuration of ropes and blocks or chains. The rudder, tiller, and wheel form the helm.

31	0 0 wheel (1) Device used for steering a boat. (2) Slang for a ship’s propeller.

32	0 0 wheel Slang for a ship’s propeller.

33	0 0 wheel a circular, usually spoked, handwheel for controlling the tiller and rudder on a vessel. Many small vessels have no wheel, only a tiller

34	0 0 wheel (1) Device used for steering a boat. (2) Slang for a ship’s propeller.

35	0 0 wheel term often used for the copulation position

36	0 0 wheel A scrum that has rotated through 90 degrees or more is said to have «wheeled.» The referee wil

37	0 0 wheel A flight control operated by turning with hands in fixed-wing aircraft, primarily to control roll (heading) via the ailerons; wheel is connected to yoke;

38	0 0 wheel A straight including the cards ace to five.

39	0 0 wheel (noun) three (or, rarely, more) players arranging among themselves to field one pair (usually as one of the two pairs competing as a team).

40	0 0 wheel The best low hand in some Lowball poker variants. The wheel is the hand A,2,3,4,5.

41	0 0 wheel A-2-3-4-5. The best possible low hand. Also called a «Bicycle».

42	0 0 wheel The object around which the game of roulette is played. The wheel is numbered from 1 – 36 and a 0 (plus a 00 in the case of an American Roulette wheel). The ball spins around in the wheel until it falls into one of the slots.

43	0 0 wheel The lowest straight — A-2-3-4-5. In O8, this hand is likely to win both the Hi and the Lo, because it’s the lowest possible hand, while simultaneously having very strong high-hand potential.

44	0 0 wheel A straight with the lowest value (ace to five). It’s called the wheel because the ace is used as the lowest card in this situation.

45	0 0 wheel A form of betting in which daily double, perfecta or quinella player makes every possible combination bet on his favoured horse or horses.

46	0 0 wheel A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunct [..]

47	0 0 wheel In computing, the term wheel refers to a user account with a wheel bit, a system setting that provides additional special system privileges that empower a user to execute restricted commands that ordi [..]

48	0 0 wheel A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on an axle. Wheel may also refer to:

49	0 0 wheel A wheel route is a pattern run by a receiver or running back in American football. If a receiver runs it, they will immediately run a quick out pattern, then proceed to turn upfield in a curved patter [..]

50	0 0 wheel Wheel is a brand of laundry detergent manufactured by Hindustan. This product was created specifically by Hindustan Unilever to counter Nirma, the low cost detergent, which had taken the ground away f [..]

51	0 0 wheel Wheel is a brand of laundry detergent manufactured by Hindustan. This product was created specifically by Hindustan Unilever to counter Nirma, the low cost detergent, which had taken the ground away f [..]

52	0 0 wheel Wheel is the third album by Laura Stevenson, and the first to be released as simply Laura Stevenson. The album was released by Don Giovanni Records on April 23, 2013.

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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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My mother was already at the hospital, a few drops of blood in the doorway leaving a telltale trace of where she had been wheeled out by the paramedics.

—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023

The reality ought to be more humbling: Russia’s military has lost half its tank stock and is wheeling out decades-old Soviet gear to the front lines.

—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023

More Classic Volkswagens Tested: 1983 VW Rabbit GTI Was Worth the Wait A History of the Volkswagen Beetle Volkswagen boxed up the demand and wheeled it off to the Karmann coachworks along with a bundle of Rabbit mechanicals.

—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2023

No need to wheel out a big wired vacuum.

—Jess Grey, Wired, 9 Nov. 2021

The Cards’ up-tempo style reflected coaches’ commitment to lag-free play from offense to defense, and the team’s influx of shooters and frontcourt players underscored the versatility — and, ideally, efficiency — Louisville plans to wheel out this season.

—Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2021

If you’re done with all your loads for the day, disconnect the hose from your sink faucet and wheel your washer to its storage spot.

—Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023

Facing an uncertain future, Janet gradually found the strength to wheel herself over to a little electronic drum kit and began making music again with Coomes.

—John Paul Bullock, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2023

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Other forms: wheels; wheeled

Definitions of wheel

noun

a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

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balance, balance wheel

a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

bicycle wheel

the wheel of a bicycle

buffing wheel

a wheel that is covered with soft material

cartwheel

a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim

car wheel

a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car

daisy print wheel, daisy wheel

a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper

driving wheel

a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force)

cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

emery wheel, grinding wheel

a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding

handwheel

a wheel worked by hand

nosewheel

a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane’s landing gear

paddle wheel, paddlewheel

a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat

pinwheel

a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim

potter’s wheel

a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter

ratchet wheel

toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever

roller

a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

roulette, toothed wheel

a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations

rowel

a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur

sprocket, sprocket wheel

thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain

trundle

small wheel or roller

wagon wheel

a wheel of a wagon

water wheel, waterwheel

a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine

water wheel, waterwheel

a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond

bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear

gears that mesh at an angle

caster, castor

a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

escape wheel

gear that engages a rocking lever

fifth wheel, spare

an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

mill wheel, millwheel

water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill

noria

a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel

pinion

a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear

an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train

rack and pinion

a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)

spur gear, spur wheel

gear wheels that mesh in the same plane

sun gear

the central gear in an epicyclic train

worm gear

gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion

worm wheel

gear with the thread of a worm

type of:

machine, simple machine

a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
noun

a handwheel that is used for steering
noun

a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel

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helm

steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
noun

game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
verb

change directions as if revolving on a pivot

“They
wheeled their horses around and left”

synonyms:

wheel around
verb

wheel somebody or something
verb

move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
noun

a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
noun

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
noun

forces that provide energy and direction

“the
wheels of government began to turn”

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колесо, колесико, круг, велосипед, штурвал, катить, поворачивать, поворачиваться

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- колесо; колёсико

front [back] wheel — переднее [заднее] колесо
free wheel — свободное колесо (велосипедный спорт)
watchwork wheels — колёсики часового механизма
landing wheels — ав. шасси
wheels down [up] — ав. шасси выпущено [убрано]

- рулевое колесо, штурвал; разг. баранка

to be at the wheel — а) быть /находиться/ за рулём; вести судно, автомобиль и т. п.; б) быть руководителем, стоять во главе (чего-л.)
don’t speak to the man at the wheel — «с водителем не разговаривать»

- кружение, круг, оборот

to turn wheels — ходить колесом

- рулетка
- колесо фортуны (тж. Fortune’s wheel)

at the next turn of the wheel — когда счастье переменится, когда колесо фортуны повернётся

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- катить, подкатить; везти

to wheel the cart into the yard — вкатить тележку во двор
the patient was wheeled in — ввезли больного
to wheel the rubbish to the dump — отвезти мусор на свалку

- катиться; двигаться на колёсах
- описывать круги; поворачиваться; вертеться; оборачиваться, вращаться (тж. wheel round)

the sails of the windmill were wheeling round — крылья мельницы вращались
sea-gulls wheeled in the air above me — надо мной кружили чайки

- вертеть, кружить, поворачивать (что-л.)
- сделать полный оборот

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Словосочетания

the rotary action of the wheel — поворотное действие этого колеса
the circular motion of the wheel — круговое движение колеса
centre of a wheel / centre boss — ступица колеса
like the circular motion of a wheel — подобно вращательному движению колеса
to cone wheel disk — выгибать диск колеса
to let the car free-wheel — пустить автомобиль накатом
the wheel skids — колесо идёт юзом
to take spells at the wheel — вести машину по очереди
a squeaky wheel — скрипучее колесо
steering wheel shaft — вал рулевого колеса
control wheel grip — рукоятка штурвала
grinding wheel head — шлифовальная бабка

Примеры с переводом

Don’t reinvent wheel.

Не нужно изобретать колесо.

The wheel turns round.

Колесо вращается.

Birds wheeled above us in the sky.

В небе над нами кружили птицы.

The wheel began to revolve.

Колесо начало вращаться.

He wheeled round from the window.

Он отвернулся от окна.

Kate wheeled her bike into the garage.

Кейт закатила свой велосипед / мотоцикл в гараж.

She wheeled around and started yelling at us.

Она резко обернулась и закричала на нас.

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The car slid sideways, its rear wheels spinning.

The car’s rear wheels started to spin on the icy road.

His rear wheel spun on the loose stones.

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Возможные однокоренные слова

wheeled — колесный, с колесами
wheeler — коренник, колесный мастер, коренная лошадь
wheeling — езда на велосипеде, оборот, поворот

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: wheel
he/she/it: wheels
ing ф. (present participle): wheeling
2-я ф. (past tense): wheeled
3-я ф. (past participle): wheeled

noun
ед. ч.(singular): wheel
мн. ч.(plural): wheels

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What does Wheel Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Noun

a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
forces that provide energy and direction
a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
a handwheel that is used for steering

Definition as Verb

ride a bicycle
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
wheel somebody or something

Examples

«the wheels of government began to turn»

«The President’s convoy rolled past the crowds»

«They wheeled their horses around and left»

Part of Speech

Comparisons

Wheel vs bicycle
Wheel vs bike
Wheel vs cycle
Wheel vs rack
Wheel vs roulette wheel
Wheel vs steering wheel
Wheel vs pedal
Wheel vs roll
Wheel vs wheel around

Idioms about wheel

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.

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

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

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 of wheel

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

OTHER WORDS FROM wheel

wheel·less, adjectiveun·der·wheel, nounun·wheel, verb (used with object)

Words nearby wheel

Wheatstone, Wheatstone bridge, wheatworm, whee, wheedle, wheel, wheel and axle, wheel and deal, wheel animalcule, wheel back, wheelbarrow

Words related to wheel

disk, drum, roller, pivot, spin, trundle, twirl, whirl, caster, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, cycle, gyration, gyre, hoop, pulley, ratchet, ring, roll

How to use wheel in a sentence

An ATV’s power goes to zero as soon as the wheels lose traction, so naturally, you want more grip.
But, we aren’t at a point where marketers can take our hands entirely off the steering wheel.
The wheels and legs do stick out a bit beyond the actual grill when it’s folded.
In hub drive systems, the motor is housed in one of the wheels.

It would have to put an impossibly large number of customers behind the wheel.
They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.
“They think Putin is the only evil in Russia and dream about getting rid of him,” he said, tightening his grip on the wheel.
Maybe the wheel will turn again, and heterosexuality will come to seem edgy.
It was only a matter of time that the wheel turned its full revolution.
The “little joker” was a small tin wheel with a wire attached to it, which fit inside the combination of any bank safe.
Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
He deposited it on the vacant seat, clambered up behind the wheel, and started.
The non-elastic character of water made it unsuitable for a machine requiring a fly-wheel.
To quote Mrs. Kaye, ‘A Liberal peer is as useful as a fifth wheel to a coach, and as ornamental as whitewash.’
I think 6½ feet diameter for the fly, and 9½ inches diameter for the small wheel, will give speed enough to the drum.

British Dictionary definitions for wheel

noun

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

anything like a wheel in shape or function

a device consisting of or resembling a wheel or having a wheel as its principal componenta steering wheel; a water wheel

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

the act of turning

a pivoting movement of troops, ships, etc

a type of firework coiled to make it rotate when let off

a set of short rhyming lines, usually four or five in number, forming the concluding part of a stanzaCompare bob 2 (def. 7)

the disc in which the ball is spun in roulette

US and Canadian an informal word for bicycle

archaic a refrain

informal, mainly US and Canadian a person of great influence (esp in the phrase big wheel)

at the wheel

driving or steering a vehicle or vessel
in charge

verb

(when intr sometimes foll by about or round) to turn or cause to turn on or as if on an axis

to move or cause to move on or as if on wheels; roll

(tr) to perform with or in a circular movement

(tr) to provide with a wheel or wheels

(intr often foll by about) to change one’s mind or opinion

wheel and deal informal to be a free agent, esp to advance one’s own interests

Derived forms of wheel

wheel-less, adjective

Word Origin for wheel

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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with wheel

In addition to the idioms beginning with wheel

wheel and deal
wheels in motion
wheels within wheels

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

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