Definition of Wheel

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Definition of Wheel

Wheel

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.

Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.

A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.

An instrument of torture formerly used.

A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.

A potter's wheel. See under Potter.

A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.

The burden or refrain of a song.

A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.

A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.

A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.

To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.

To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.

To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.

To roll forward.

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Wheel Quotations

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
Benjamin Franklin

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind.
Ayn Rand

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.
Steven Wright

The wheel is come full circle.
William Shakespeare

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Josh Billings

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother.
Susan B. Anthony

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
Robert Browning

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
Emma Goldman

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Aldo Leopold

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks.
Dee Hock

Wheel Translations

wheel in Afrikaans is wiel
wheel in Danish is hjul
wheel in Dutch is wiel, rad
wheel in French is roue
wheel in German is Rad
wheel in Italian is ruota
wheel in Latin is rota
wheel in Norwegian is hjul
wheel in Portuguese is roda
wheel in Spanish is rueda
wheel in Swedish is hjul, ratt, ring

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