wheel
/ˈwiːl/ verb C2- To roll along on wheels. · Wheel that trolley over here, would you?· I had to wheel my bicycle up a steep hill.
- To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair. · The patient was wheeled out of the ER.
- To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
- To make a circular movement. · My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.
- To move smoothly and easily, as if on wheels. · I wheeled through the gathering, making all my appointed stops.
- To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
- To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air. · The vulture wheeled above us.
He/she/it wheels · Past wheeled · Past participle wheeled · -ing form wheeling
Verb forms
- Base form
- wheel
- He/she/it
- wheels
- Past
- wheeled
- Past participle
- wheeled
- -ing form
- wheeling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Noirtier was sitting in an armchair, which moved upon casters, in which he was wheeled into the room in the morning, and in the same way drawn out again at night.
Mind you keep your skirt clear of the wheel, Anne, and put your warm jacket on.”
I walked into the doctor’s yard this morning, and shot my syringe full of aniseed over the hind wheel.
More wise than those who go on until the wheel turns against them, he realised his gains and returned to England with them.
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