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Word: Wheel
Speech Type: Noun
Old English hwēol (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle’
wiːl
a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground
Short Definition:circular object that revolves on axle and is fixed below vehicle or other object
Examples:- a chair on wheels
a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part.
Short Definition:machine or structure having wheel as its essential part
a car
Short Definition:car
Examples:- she's got wheels now
a thing resembling a wheel, in particular a cheese made in the form of a shallow disc
Short Definition:thing resembling wheel
Examples:- a small wheel of Brie
an instance of wheeling; a turn or rotation.
Short Definition:instance of wheeling
a set of short lines, typically five in number and rhyming, concluding the stanza of a poem.
Short Definition:set of short lines concluding stanza of poem
Word: Wheel
Speech Type: Verb
wiːl
push or pull (a vehicle with wheels)
Short Definition:push or pull
Examples:- Luke was wheeling a barrow
- the tea trolley was wheeled out
(of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve
Short Definition:fly in wide circle or curve
Examples:- the birds wheeled and dived
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