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English
see|wheels|the wheel

Etymology
OE. hweol|hw�oġol, hw�ol, from Proto-Germanic *khwekhwlan, *khwegwlan, from Proto-Indo-European *kwe-k(w)lo-, wheel, circle, a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European base *k(w)el-, to go round. Cognate with Dutch wiel, wheel; Old Church Slavonic коло; Latin colere (to cultivate, to inhabit; = to turn around); and Old Norse hvél, hjól, wheel

Pronunciation
AHD|w�l, IPA|/wi�l/, SAMPA|/wi:l/
audio|en-us-wheel.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|i�l

Homophones
weal (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
we'll (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
wheal

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
2. informal|with "the" A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
3. nautical The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
4. slang A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
5. poker slang The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Derived terms
rel-top4|Terms derived from the noun wheel
balance wheel
behind the wheel
big wheel
breaking wheel
buffing wheel
cartwheel
car wheel
Catherine wheel
click wheel
cog wheel, cogwheel
color wheel, colour wheel
daisy wheel
disk wheel
driving wheel
eighteen-wheeler
escape wheel
Ferris wheel
fifth wheel
flywheel
foundling wheel
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four-wheel
four-wheel drive
freewheel
freewheeling
front-wheel drive
gear wheel, gearwheel
Geneva wheel
hell on wheels
idle wheel
kick wheel
lantern wheel
leading wheel
mag wheel
meals on wheels
mill wheel
motorcycle wheel
paddle wheel
pinwheel
planet wheel
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potter's wheel
prayer wheel
print wheel
ratchet wheel
reinvent the wheel
roulette wheel
scoop wheel, scoopwheel
skateboard wheel
spinning wheel
sprocket wheel
the squeaky wheel gets the grease<!--whence "squeaky wheel"-->
steel wheel
steering wheel
stern-wheeler
take the wheel
the wheel
three-wheeler
tide wheel
trailing wheel
training wheels
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two-wheeler
wagon wheel
water wheel
wheel and axle
wheelbarrow
wheelbase
wheelchair
wheel clamp
wheeled
wheelhouse
wheelie
wheelie bin
wheel of Fortune
wheel of life
wheel war
wheelwright
wheely
worm wheel
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Translations
trans-top|a circular device facilitating movement or transportation
Arabic: ARchar|عج�ة IPAchar|(�ájala) f
Chinese: 轮� (lúnzi)
Czech: kolo n
Danish: hjul
Dutch: wiel n
Finnish: pyörä, ratas
French: roue f
German: Rad n
Greek: ��ο��� (trokhós) m, ��δα (róda) f
Hebrew: ���� (galgal) m
Hungarian: kerék
Ido: roto
Italian: ruota f
Japanese: �輪 (����, sharin)
Korean: �� (bakwi)
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Latin: rota f
Latvian: ritenis m
Lithuanian: ratas
Occitan: ròda, arròda
Old Church Slavonic: коло (kolo) n
Persian: FAchar|�رخ (charx)
Polish: ko�o n
Portuguese: roda f
Russian: коле�о (kolesó) n
Slovak: koleso n
Slovenian: kolo
Spanish: rueda f
Swahili: gurudumu (noun 5/6)
Swedish: hjul
Telugu: ���ర� (cakraM)
Ukrainian: коле�о (kóleso) n
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trans-top|steering device in a vessel
Finnish: ruori
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trans-top|person with a great deal of power or influence
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trans-top|lowest straight in poker
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References
Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb
en-verb

1. To roll along as on wheels.
2. To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.

#: The vulture wheeled above us.

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the verb wheel
wheel around
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word-wheeling
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See also
column
cycle

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English homophones
Category:Poker
Category:Simple machines

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