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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: wheel

1	n v	a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) change directions as if revolving on a pivot
2	n v	a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals ride a bicycle
3	n	an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
4	n	forces that provide energy and direction

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: wheel

n a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

Types:: show 36 types...; hide 36 types...; balance, balance wheel
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat; bicycle wheel
the wheel of a bicycle; buffing wheel
a wheel that is covered with soft material; cartwheel
a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim; car wheel
a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car; daisy print wheel, daisy wheel
a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper; driving wheel
a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force); cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion; emery wheel, grinding wheel
a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding; handwheel
a wheel worked by hand; nosewheel
a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear; paddle wheel, paddlewheel
a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat; pinwheel
a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; potter's wheel
a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter; ratchet wheel
toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever; roller
a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate); roulette, toothed wheel
a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations; rowel
a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur; sprocket, sprocket wheel
thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain; trundle
small wheel or roller; wagon wheel
a wheel of a wagon; water wheel, waterwheel
a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine; water wheel, waterwheel
a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond; bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear
gears that mesh at an angle; caster, castor
a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable; escape wheel
gear that engages a rocking lever; fifth wheel, spare
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle; mill wheel, millwheel
water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill; noria
a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel; pinion
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack; epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear
an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train; rack and pinion
a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa); spur gear, spur wheel
gear wheels that mesh in the same plane; sun gear
the central gear in an epicyclic train; worm gear
gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion; worm wheel
gear with the thread of a worm

Type of:: machine, simple machine
a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

n a handwheel that is used for steering

Synonyms:: steering wheel

Type of:: handwheel
control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated

n a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel

Type of:: helm
steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

n game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in

Synonyms:: roulette wheel

Type of:: game equipment
equipment or apparatus used in playing a game

v change directions as if revolving on a pivot

“They wheeled their horses around and left”

Synonyms:: wheel around

Types:: cartwheel
do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet

Type of:: go around, revolve, rotate
turn on or around an axis or a center

v wheel somebody or something

Synonyms:: wheel around

Type of:: transport
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

v move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

Synonyms:: roll

Types:: bowl
roll (a ball); troll
cause to move round and round

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

n a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

Synonyms:: bicycle, bike, cycle

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; bicycle-built-for-two, tandem, tandem bicycle
a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats; all-terrain bike, mountain bike, off-roader
a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country; ordinary, ordinary bicycle
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel; push-bike
a bicycle that must be pedaled; safety bicycle, safety bike
bicycle that has two wheels of equal size; pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear; velocipede
any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel

Type of:: wheeled vehicle
a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people

v ride a bicycle

Synonyms:: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal

Types:: unicycle
ride a unicycle; backpedal
pedal backwards on a bicycle

Type of:: ride
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

n an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

Synonyms:: rack

Type of:: instrument of torture
an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person

n forces that provide energy and direction

“the wheels of government began to turn”

Type of:: force
a powerful effect or influence

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