A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *...
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She wheeled the dung in the wheelbarrow Along a stretch of road; But she always ran away and left Her not-nice load,
To ride a bicycle or tricycle.