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Synonyms for wheel

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hweel, weel
Phonetic Transcription : Ê°wil, wil

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Définition of wheel

Origin :
  • Old English hweol, hweogol, from Proto-Germanic *khwekhwlan, *khwegwlan (cf. Old Norse hvel, Old Swedish hiughl, Old Frisian hwel, Middle Dutch weel), from PIE *k(w)e-k(w)lo- "wheel, circle" (cf. Old Church Slavonic kolo "wheel"), a reduplicated form from root *k(w)el- "to go round" (see cycle (n.)).
  • The root wegh-, "to convey, especially by wheeled vehicle," is found in virtually every branch of Indo-European, including now Anatolian. The root, as well as other widely represented roots such as aks- and nobh-, attests to the presence of the wheel -- and vehicles using it -- at the time Proto-Indo-European was spoken. [Watkins, p. 96]
  • Figurative sense is early 14c. Slang wheels "a car" is recorded from 1959. Wheeler-dealer is from 1954, a rhyming elaboration of dealer; wheelie is from 1966.
  • noun circle, revolution
  • verb turn, rotate
Example sentences :
  • Charles Merchant, the son of rich John Merchant, was behind the wheel.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He gave the wheel a reckless twist, and Le Moyne called him to time sternly.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • One wheel struck a cobble stone, and the buggy lurched horribly.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • By like cause turning the wheel to the left turns the machine to the left.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • All this time I kept shouting to the man at the wheel to put his helm "hard down."
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We will say that a wheel came off the cart, and it suddenly fell down.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • Mary went swiftly up to the wagon, and laid one hand upon the wheel.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Let me call for your chair; let me wheel you—I am sure I can.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The crowd are yet at the bottom of the wheel; better off, you say.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • This to the man at the wheel; then to Kirkwood: "Wot's that, me lud?"
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
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