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wheel
[ weel, hweel ]
/ wil, ʰwil /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Idioms about wheel
Origin of wheel
before 900; (noun) Middle English whel(e), Old English hwēol, hweohl; cognate with Dutch wiel,Old Norse hjōl; akin to Greek kýklos (see cycle); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM wheel
wheel·less, adjectiveun·der·wheel, nounun·wheel, verb (used with object)Words nearby wheel
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British Dictionary definitions for wheel
wheel
/ (wiːl) /
noun
verb
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Derived forms of wheel
wheel-less, adjectiveWord Origin for wheel
Old English hweol, hweowol; related to Old Norse hvēl, Greek kuklos, Middle Low German wēl, Dutch wiel
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