wheel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling

   the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in

2. 2
   noun

   forces that provide energy and direction

   the wheels of government began to turn

3. 3
   verb

   change directions as if revolving on a pivot

   They wheeled their horses around and left

4. 4
   noun

   A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.

   The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

5. 5
   noun

   A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.

   Flashing thick flames , wheel within wheel undrawn

6. 6
   noun

   A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.

   [He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.

7. 7
   noun

   A recurring or cyclical course of events.

   the wheel of life

8. 8
   noun

   The control of, or ability to steer, the course of events.

   This is the story of how AI changed our world in 2025, in new and exciting and sometimes frightening ways. It is the story of how Huang and other tech titans grabbed the wheel of history, developing technology and making decisions that are reshaping the information landscape, the climate, and our livelihoods.

Etymology

From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into e…