Truck Definition–noun | 1. | any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit. | | 2. | any of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects. | | 3. | Also called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc. | | 4. | a low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved; a dolly. | | 5. | a tiered framework on casters. | | 6. | a group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc. | | 7. | Movies. a dolly on which a camera is mounted. | | 8. | British. a freight car having no top. | | 9. | a small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages. | | 10. | Nautical. a circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards. | –verb (used with object) | 11. |
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to transport by truck. | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to convey articles or goods on a truck. | –adjective | 17. | of, pertaining to, or for a truck or trucks: a truck drive; truck tires. | |
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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. | | 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. | 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. | <
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