Definition for WHEEL

WHEEL, v.i.

  1. To turn on an axis. – Bentley.
  2. To turn; to move round; as, a body of troops wheel to the right or left.
  3. To fetch a compass. Then wheeling down the keep of heav'n he flies. – Pope.
  4. To roll forward. Thunder / Must wheel on th' earth, devouring where it rolls. – Milton.

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