Wheel | Mean of wheel in English Dictionary

/ˈwiːl/

  • Noun
  • one of the round parts underneath a car, wagon, etc., that rolls and allows something to move
    1. The car's rear wheels started to spin on the icy road.
    2. the wheels of a train/airplane
    3. a bicycle wheel
    4. a suitcase with wheels on the bottom
  • a hard, round object that turns and causes machinery or a mechanical device to move
    1. You could almost see the wheels turning in his head. [=you could almost see him thinking about how to do something]
  • something that is round like a wheel or that turns like a wheel
    1. a wheel of cheddar cheese
  • an essential or functioning part of an organization, process, etc.
    1. the wheels of government
    2. They hoped that the tax cuts would grease the wheels of the economy. [=would help the economy work better]
    3. With today's announcement, she has set the wheels in motion for a run for the presidency. [=she has begun to run for president]
  • an important person in an organization
    1. He's a big wheel [=bigwig] at the company.
  • a situation that is complex and difficult to deal with because it involves many different things
    1. The problem seems simple at first, but there are wheels within wheels.
  • Verb
  • to move (someone or something) on a vehicle that has wheels
    1. Doctors wheeled the patient into the operating room.
    2. Management wheeled in the experts [=management hired a group of experts] to study the matter further.
  • to push (something) that has wheels on it
    1. He wheeled his motorcycle into the garage.
    2. Our waiter wheeled out a small dessert cart.
    3. She wheeled out [=offered] the same old excuse for being late.
  • to turn quickly and face a different direction
    1. She wheeled around in her chair when I entered the room.
  • to move in a circle or curve
    1. Seagulls wheeled overhead.
  • to make deals or agreements in business or politics in a skillful and sometimes dishonest way
    1. There was a lot of wheeling and dealing going on at the convention.

Những từ liên quan với WHEEL

ring, pivot, circulation, round, drum, hoop, roll, disk, spin, roller, circuit, rotation
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