wheels

We have found lemma(root) word of wheels : wheel.

Definitions


[wiːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground
(e.g: a chair on wheels)

- a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part

- a car
(e.g: she's got wheels now)

- a thing resembling a wheel, in particular a cheese made in the form of a shallow disc
(e.g: a small wheel of Brie)

- an instance of wheeling; a turn or rotation


- a set of short lines, typically five in number and rhyming, concluding the stanza of a poem


Phrases:
- oil the wheels
- on someone's wheel
- on wheels
- silly as a wheel
- the wheel of Fortune
- wheel and deal
- wheels within wheels

Origin:
Old English hwēol (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle’


[wiːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- push or pull (a vehicle with wheels)
(e.g: Luke was wheeling a barrow)

- (of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve
(e.g: the birds wheeled and dived)


Phrases:
- oil the wheels
- on someone's wheel
- on wheels
- silly as a wheel
- the wheel of Fortune
- wheel and deal
- wheels within wheels

Origin:
Old English hwēol (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle’




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