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.