Meaning of wheel | Babel Free

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1. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered. A spinning wheel. A potter's wheel
2. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
3. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle
4. To engage in the advancement of one's own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way.
5. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
   informal, with-definite-article
6. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered
7. a wheeled vehicle. met wiele مُزَوَّد بِعَجلات с колела de / com rodas kolový fahrbar med hjul τροχοφόρος de ruedas ratastega چرخ دار pyörillä varustettu à roues בַּעַל גַלגַלִים पहिये वाला ono koje je na kotačima kerekes kendaraan beroda á hjólum a ruote 車輪のついた 바퀴가 달린 su ratais uz riteņiem esošs kenderaan beroda op wielen med hjul na kołach de rodas cu roţi имеющий колёса kolesový ki ima kolesa sa točkovima med hjul ซึ่งมีล้อ tekerlekli 有輪子的 такий, що має колеса پہیے دار có bánh xe 装有轮子的
8. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
9. A spinning wheel
10. a four-wheeled vehicle. wiel ذو عَجَلات с ... колела movido a rodas -kolový ...-rädrig -hjulet -τροχος (ως β΄ συνθ.) de... ruedas -rattaline چرخ -pyöräinen à (...) roues בַּעַל גַלגַלִים पहिये वाला -kotačni kerekű beroda -hjóla, með tiltekinn fjölda af hjólum a (...) ruote 一輪の …륜(輪)의 su... ratais -riteņu- beroda met ... wielen -hjuls o ... kołach, –kołowy de ( ) rodas cu... roţi -колёсный -kolesový ki ima (...) koles(a) sa - točka -hjulig ที่มีล้อ ... tekerlekli 有...輪的（如:四輪車） такий, що має пе...
11. A spinning wheel.
12. A potter's wheel
13. a small carrier with one wheel at the front, and two legs and two handles at the back. He used a wheelbarrow to move the manure to the back garden. kruiwa عَجَلَة يَد، عَرَبَة يَد ръчна количка carrinho de mão trakař die Schubkarre trillebør χειράμαξα carretilla de mano käru فرقان kottikärry brouetteמריצה एकपहिया ठेला tačke talicska gerobak sorong hjólbörur carriola 手押し車 바퀴가 하나인 손수레 karutis ķerra kereta sorong kruiwagentrillebårtaczkacarrinho de mão roabă тачка fúrik, vozík, tragač samokolnic...
14. A potter's wheel.
15. a chair with wheels, used for moving from place to place by invalids or those who cannot walk. rolstoel عَرَبَة المِقْعَدين، عَرَبَة كُرْسي количка за инвалид cadeira de rodas kolečková židle der Rollstuhl rullestol αναπηρικό καροτσάκιsilla de ruedas ratastool ویلچر pyörätuoli fauteuil roulant כִּיסֵא גַלגַלִים पहियादार कुर्सी invalidska kolica tolókocsi, kerekes szék kursi roda hjólastóll sedia a rotelle 車いす 휠체어 invalido vežimėlis invalīdu ratiņi kerusi roda rolstoelrullestol fotel/wózek inw...
16. The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
17. the shelter in which a ship's steering-wheel is placed. stuurhut, stuurkajuit كُشْك مُدير الدَّفّه على السَّفينَه кабина на щурвала casa do leme kormidelna, kormidelnická kabina das Ruderhaus styrehus τιμονιέρα timonera, caseta del timón, puente de mando kaptenisild اتاق سکان ohjaushytti timonerie בֵּית הָהֶגֶה ठिकाना जिसमें जहाज का स्टीयरिंग व्हील लगी हो kormilarnica kormányosfülke ruang kemudi stÿrishús timoniera 操舵室 조타실(操舵室) vairininko kabina stūresmāja tempat berlindung di mana kapal bert...
18. A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
    slang
19. a craftsman who makes wheels. wielmaker صانِع أو مُصَلِّح دَواليب майстор колар o que faz rodas / carpinteiro de rodas kolář der/die Stellmacher(in) hjulmager αμαξοποιός carretero ratassepp چرخساز pyöräntekijä charron עוֹשֵה וּמתַקֵן גַלגַלִים छकड़ा बनाने वाला kolar kerékgyártó pembuat roda vagna-/kerrusmiður carradore 車大工 바퀴 제조인 račius ratnieks tukang membuat roda wagenmakerhjulmaker kołodziej o que faz rodas rotar колёсный мастер kolár kolar kolar hjulmakare ผู้ที่ทำหรือซ่อมล้อรถ โดยเฉพาะล้...
20. A superuser on certain systems.
    dated, slang
21. A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center.
22. The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
    slang
23. Something that rotates like a wheel or or has a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as:a. The steering device on a vehicle.
24. The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
    slang
25. A large, roughly circular block of cheese.
26. A wheelrim.
27. A round portion of cheese.
28. A Catherine wheel firework.
29. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
    obsolete
30. A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
31. A recurring or cyclical course of events.
    figuratively
32. The control of, or ability to steer, the course of events.
    figuratively
33. A dollar.
    archaic, slang
34. A crown coin.
    UK, archaic, slang
35. A bicycle or tricycle.
    archaic, informal
36. A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
37. A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
38. The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.

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Examples

“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.”

“I hear the noise about thy keel; ⁠I hear the bell struck in the night: ⁠I see the cabin-window bright; I see the sailor at the wheel.”

“Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.”

“Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar / A touch can make, a touch can mar.”

“Flashing thick flames , wheel within wheel undrawn”

“[He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.”

“the wheel of life”

“According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves.”

“This is the story of how AI changed our world in 2025, in new and exciting and sometimes frightening ways. It is the story of how Huang and other tech titans grabbed the wheel of history, developing technology and making decisions that are reshaping the information landscape, the climate, and our livelihoods.”

“There was no vehicle of any sort, on land or water, in those days, that could go as fast as a bicycle, except a railroad train. […] Hammondsport and Glenn Curtiss had never even heard of the not yet quite born automobile. But Glenn Curtiss could push his "wheel," with those long legs of his, uphill, downhill or on the level, faster than any other boy in Hammondsport.”

“The real numbers can be extended to a wheel, as can any commutative ring.”

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