Car Definition–noun | 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. | | 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the p
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assengers, freight, etc. | | 4. | British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon. | | 5. | Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. | | 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. | |
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Wheel Definition–noun | 1. | a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery. | | 2. | any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel. | | 4. | Nautical. | a. | a circular frame with an axle connecting to the rudder of a ship, for steering: He took the wheel during the storm. | | | 6. | a round object, decoration, etc.: a wheel of cheese; a design of red wheels and blue squares. | | 7. | an old instrument of torture in the form of a circular frame on which the victim was stretched until disjointed. | | 8. | a circular firework that revolves rapidly while burning; pinwheel. | | 9. | a rotating instrument that Fortune is represented as turning in order to bring about changes or reverses in human affairs. | | 10. | wheels, | a. | moving, propelling, or animating agencies: the wheels of commerce; the wheels of thought. |
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| b. | Slang. a personal means of transportation, esp. a car. | | | 11. | a cycle, recurring action, or steady progression: the wheel of days and nights. | | 12. | a wheeling or circular movement: the intricate wheels of the folk dances. | | 13. | (formerly) a movement of troops, ships, etc., drawn up in line, as if turning on a pivot. | | 14. | Informal. someone active and influential, as in business, politics, etc.; an important person: a big wheel. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to cause to turn, rotate, or revolve, as on an axis. | | 16. | to perform (a movement) in a circular or curving direction. | | 17. | to move, roll, or convey on wheels, casters, etc.: The servants wheel the tables out. | | 18. | to provide (a vehicle, machine, etc.) with wheels. | –verb (used without object) | 19. | to turn on or as on an axis or about a center; revolve, rotate, or pivot. | | 20. | to move in a circular or curving course: pigeons wheeling above. | | 21. | to turn so as to face in a different direction (often fol. by about or around): He wheeled about and faced his opponent squarely. | | 22. | to change one's opinion or procedure (often fol. by about or around): He wheeled around and argued for the opposition. | | 23. | to roll along on or as on wheels; travel along smoothly: The car wheeled along the highway. | | 24. | British Military. to turn: Right wheel! | —Idioms | 25. | at the wheel, | a. |
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at the helm of a ship, the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, etc. | | b. | in command or control: Her ambition is to be at the wheel of a large corporation by the age of 40. | | | 26. | hell on wheels. hell (def. 19). | | 27. | spin one's wheels, Informal. to expend or waste effort to no avail: He spun his wheels on that project for two years. | | 28. | wheel and deal, Informal. to operate dynamically for one's own profit or benefit. | | 29. | wheels within wheels, an involved interaction of motives or agencies operating to produce the final result: Government agencies are a study of wheels within wheels. | |
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