All related terms of 'wheels'

The wheels of a vehicle are the circular objects which are fixed underneath it and which enable it to move along the ground.

(in mythology and literature ) a revolving device spun by a deity of fate selecting random changes in human affairs

Something on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom , so that it can be moved easily .

wheels made from an steel alloy , usually of aluminium or magnesium , for improved properties such as reduced weight , better heat conductance and a shiny appearance

wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land

small wheels that are fitted at each side of the back wheel on a child's bicycle to keep it upright

to help things to run smoothly and successfully

If you say that there are wheels within wheels , you mean that there are a number of different influences , reasons , and actions which together make a situation complicated and difficult to understand .

In Britain , meals on wheels is a service provided by the local authority that delivers hot meals to people who are too old or too sick to cook for themselves.

to engage in fruitless activity

to fail to do or achieve anything satisfactory

A big wheel is a very large upright wheel with carriages around the edge of it which people can ride in. Big wheels are often found at theme parks or fun fairs .

a metrical device found in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry , where a very short line (the ' bob ') is followed by longer lines with an internal rhyme scheme (the ' wheel ')

a shiny , lightweight motor vehicle wheel having an attractive , symmetrical pattern of holes or spokes around the hub

If someone or something oils the wheels of a process or system, they help things to run smoothly and successfully.

a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather , used for shining and polishing

a road wheel of a motor vehicle that has a round pressed disc in place of spokes

a wheel made solid from rim to hub instead of having spokes

a gearwheel interposed between two others to transmit torque without changing the direction of rotation to the velocity ratio

the wheel, usually a water wheel, that drives the machinery in a mill

a wheel fitted to the forward end of a vehicle, esp the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft

any wheel at the back of a motor vehicle

a gear having involuted teeth either straight or helically cut on a cylindrical surface . Two such gears are used to transmit power between parallel shafts

a wheel in which the rim is held to the hub by wire spokes , esp one used on a sports car

→ worm gear (sense 1 )

a toothed wheel , set at an oblique angle to the axis

the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other

a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element

a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles

a toothed wheel that engages intermittently with a balance wheel or pendulum , causing the mechanism to oscillate and thereby moving the hands of a clock or watch

A Ferris wheel is a very large upright wheel with carriages around the edge of it which people can ride in. Ferris wheels are often found at theme parks or funfairs.

a spare wheel for a four-wheeled vehicle

the wheel immediately driven by the power source

a large wheel fitted with paddles , turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water

a type of impulse turbine in which specially shaped buckets mounted on the perimeter of a wheel are struck by a fast-flowing water jet

a cogwheel that engages with a larger wheel or rack , which it drives or by which it is driven

any one of the wheels of an epicyclic gear train that orbits the central axis of the train

(esp in Tibet ) a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers , each revolution of which is counted as an uttered prayer, so that such prayers can be repeated by turning it

a toothed wheel that engages intermittently with a balance wheel or pendulum , causing the mechanism to oscillate and thereby moving the hands of a clock or watch

A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.

a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching

a simple water-driven turbine consisting of a wheel having vanes set axially across its rim , used to drive machinery

A water wheel is a large wheel which is turned by water flowing through it. Water wheels are used to provide power to drive machinery .

A wheel clamp is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away . The motorist has to pay to have the clamp removed.

said to mean that a process or situation is continuing to develop and progress

a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece , thereby regulating its beat

a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather , used for shining and polishing

A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.

a wheel , esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate

an abrasive wheel , usually a composite of hard particles in a resin filler , used for grinding