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wheel

/ˈwiːl/ verbe C2

En français : rouler

  1. To roll along on wheels. (transitive) · Wheel that trolley over here, would you?· I had to wheel my bicycle up a steep hill.
  2. To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair. (transitive) · The patient was wheeled out of the ER.
  3. To ride a bicycle or tricycle. (dated, intransitive)
  4. To make a circular movement. (intransitive) · My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.
  5. To move smoothly and easily, as if on wheels. (intransitive) · I wheeled through the gathering, making all my appointed stops.
  6. To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around. (intransitive)
  7. To cause to change direction quickly, turn. (transitive)
  8. To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air. (intransitive) · The vulture wheeled above us.

He/she/it wheels · Prétérit wheeled · Participe passé wheeled · Forme en -ing wheeling

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
wheel
He/she/it
wheels
Prétérit
wheeled
Participe passé
wheeled
Forme en -ing
wheeling

Dans la bibliothèque

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.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 606 · C1
Wait my coming, O most infamous Bandar-log!” He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel.
The Jungle Book, p. 55 · B2
Mind you keep your skirt clear of the wheel, Anne, and put your warm jacket on.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 278 · C1
I walked into the doctor’s yard this morning, and shot my syringe full of aniseed over the hind wheel.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 122 · C1

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Mots, sens, prononciations et traductions tirés de Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) ; la fréquence de chaque mot vient de wordfreq. Transformé en ce dictionnaire par FluentPlex.