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
The wheel is come full circle.
William Shakespeare
First was the mouse. The second was the click wheel. And now, we're going to bring multi-touch to the market. And each of these revolutionary interfaces has made possible a revolutionary product - the Mac, the iPod and now the iPhone.
Steve Jobs
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
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
Herodotus
There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
Ray Charles
The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.
J. K. Rowling
When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
Guillaume Apollinaire
To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Aldo Leopold
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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