Wheel

/wiːl/ · noun

Meaning

A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines..

Definitions by Sense

1. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
2. The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
3. (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
4. (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
5. (poker slang) 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.
6. (automotive) A wheelrim.
7. A round portion of cheese.
8. A Catherine wheel firework.

Example Sentences

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.

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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• wheels
• wheeling
• wheeled

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