Awheel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈwiːl/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Awheel is an adverb meaning (poetic) Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel.
Meaning
(poetic) Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel.
More Meanings
- (dated) Riding a bicycle.
- (dated) Travelling by a wheeled vehicle.
Example Sentences
Its light glimmered on the river and on the wings of carrion fowl awheel overhead.
Originally we were supposed to conduct the interview on bikes (or "awheel" as the British say)
[…] an observer at large who chanced to be at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Seventh Avenue late one night when the traffic signals brought to a halt the few taxis that were awheel then.
Before the war, I used often to put my "bike" on the 12.20 p.m. (Saturdays only) and cover quite a lot of ground a-wheel before returning by another "Saturdays only" train leaving Moniaive about 10 p.m.
Synonyms for awheel
Depending on context, synonyms include moving, riding.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include riding, moving, wing-and-wing, waveward, asweep, screwwise.
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