wheel
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English whele, from Old English hwēoġol, hwēol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlan (cf. West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish hjul), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm (cf. Tocharian B kokale 'cart, wagon', Ancient Greek κύκλος (kýklos) 'cycle, wheel', Avestan čaxrō, Sanskrit cakrám), reduplication of *kʷel 'to turn' (cf. Welsh dymchwel 'to overturn, upset', Latin colere 'to till, cultivate', Tocharian AB käl 'to bear; bring', Ancient Greek (Aeolic) pélesthai 'to be in motion', Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo) 'wheel', Albanian sjell 'to turn around', Avestan čaraiti 'it circulates', Sanskrit cárati 'it moves, wanders').
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: wēl, IPA: /wiːl/, SAMPA: /wi:l/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːl
- Homophones: wheal, weal (in accents with the wine-whine merger), we'll (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
[edit] Noun
wheel (plural wheels)
- A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
- (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- (automotive) wheel rim
[edit] Synonyms
- (wheel rim): rim
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from wheel (noun)
[edit] See also
[edit] Translations
a circular device facilitating movement or transportation
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steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle
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steering device in a vessel
person with a great deal of power or influence
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lowest straight in poker
[edit] References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
[edit] Verb
wheel (third-person singular simple present wheels, present participle wheeling, simple past and past participle wheeled)
- (intransitive or transitive) To roll along as on wheels.
- Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
- (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- The vulture wheeled above us.
- (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb wheel
[edit] Translations
To roll along as on wheels
