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noun | verb wheelwheel1 /wil/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYwheel1Origin: Old English hweogol, hweol ► under the wheels of The ball was crushed under the wheels of a truck. ► at the wheel The driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel. ► behind the wheel Joey wouldn’t let her behind the wheel (=drive) of his new car. ► take the wheel Let me take the wheel (=drive instead of someone else). 1 ON A VEHICLE one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle, etc. that turns and allows it to move: The rear wheels slipped on the ice. The ball was crushed under the wheels of a truck.2FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE the piece of equipment in the shape of a wheel that you turn to make a car, ship, etc. move in a particular direction SYN steering wheel: The driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Joey wouldn’t let her behind the wheel (=drive) of his new car. Let me take the wheel (=drive instead of someone else).3EQUIPMENT a piece of equipment or a machine that has a wheel as its main part: a roulette wheel4IN MACHINE a flat round part in a machine that turns around when the machine operates: a gear wheel5CAR wheels (also set of wheels) spoken a car: Nice wheels!6on wheels with wheels on the bottom: a table on wheels7the wheels of justice/industry/government etc. the way in which a complicated organization, system, etc. works, with all the different parts working together like a machine8set the wheels in motion (also start the wheels turning) to make a particular process start9a big wheel informal an important person[Origin: Old English hweogol, hweol] → see also wheeled noun | verb wheelwheel2 ●○○ verb VERB TABLEwheel |
Present | I, you, we, they | wheel | | he, she, it | wheels | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wheeled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wheeled | | he, she, it | has wheeled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wheeled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wheel | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wheeled |
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Present | I | am wheeling | | he, she, it | is wheeling | | you, we, they | are wheeling | Past | I, he, she, it | was wheeling | | you, we, they | were wheeling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wheeling | | he, she, it | has been wheeling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wheeling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wheeling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wheeling |
1[transitive always + adv./prep.] a)to move someone or something that is in or on an object with wheels, such as a wheelchair or a cart: They then wheeled me into the operating room. b)to push something that has wheels: wheel something down/into/across etc. something She slowly wheeled her shopping cart over to the checkout stand.2[intransitive] if birds or airplanes wheel, they fly around in circles3[intransitive] to turn around suddenly: wheel around She wheeled around and started yelling at us.4wheel and deal to do a lot of complicated and sometimes slightly dishonest deals, especially in politics or businesswheel somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb informal to publicly show someone or something: Then the prosecution wheeled out a surprise witness. |