Definition: Meaning of, wheel in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ wiːl /
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wheel
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on a vehicle one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle etc that turns when it moves
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for controlling a vehicle[usually singular] the round piece of equipment that you turn to make a car, ship etc move in a particular direction
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in a machine a flat round part in a machine that turns round when the machine operates
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the wheels of something the way in which a complicated organization, system etc works
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the wheel of fortune/life/time etc the way in which things change in life, or in which the same things seem to happen again after a period of time
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(set of) wheelsspoken a car
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wheels within wheelsspoken used to say that a situation is complicated and difficult to understand because it involves processes and decisions that you know nothing about
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set the wheels in motion/set the wheels turning to make a particular process start
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a/the big wheelinformal an important person
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[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to push something that has wheels somewhere
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[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to move someone or something that is in or on something that has wheels
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[intransitive] if birds or planes wheel, they fly around in circles
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[intransitive] to turn around suddenly
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wheel and deal to do a lot of complicated and sometimes dishonest deals, especially in politics or business