wheel

1 /wi:l/ noun (C)

1 ON A VEHICLE (C) one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle etc that turn when it moves

2 IN A MACHINE (C) a flat round part in a machine that turns round when the machine operates: a gear wheel

3 FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE (C) the piece of equipment in the shape of a wheel that you turn to make a car, ship etc move in a particular direction: at/behind the wheel (=driving a car etc) | take the wheel (=drive instead of someone else)

—see also: steering wheel

4 on wheels with wheels on the bottom: a table on wheels

5 wheels/set of wheels spoken a car: Like my new wheels?

6 wheels within wheels spoken used to say that a situation is complicated and difficult to understand because it involves processes and decisions that you know nothing about

—see also: oil the wheels oil 2 (2), put your shoulder to the wheel shoulder 1 (8), put a spoke in sb's wheel spoke 2 (2) 2 verb

1 (transitive always + adv/prep)

a) to push something that has wheels: wheel sth out/down/into: She wheeled her bike into the garage.

b) to move someone or something that is in an object with wheels, such as a wheelchair or a cart 1 (1): The nurse wheeled him into the ward.

2 (I) if birds or planes wheel they fly around in circles

3 (intransitive + around/round) to turn around suddenly: She wheeled around and started yelling at us.

4 wheel and deal to do a lot of complicated and sometimes slightly dishonest deals, especially in politics or business

wheel sb/sth out phrasal verb (T) informal to publicly show someone or something, and use them to help you achieve something: The party always wheels out the same old celebrities whenever they need to raise money.