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wheeled

wheeled

1 2.5
Having round parts that let it roll like a car or trolley
  • adjective
  • /wiːld/
translation icon : con ruedas
  • The wheeled cart made transporting the heavy boxes much easier.
  • wheeled mobility

You know, I think wheeled robots could be used in bad ways too.

Examples

  • He pushed the wheeled luggage down the airport terminal with ease.

  • It's also on wheels, which is very, very handy.

  • Wheeled transport, that's what you mean, wheeled transport.

  • A woman with a handsome leather suitcase on a wheeled stand left the line and walked toward the coffee kiosk.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • "He slid his wheeled chair to the screen where the meteorologist's frozen image stared out at them, face lined with concern, and punched the transmit key."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • And no shoes because it was February, and the moms, uncles, and cousins scoured the house but could not find your summer shoes by the time the mortician's wheeled stretcher rolled in the front door.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The children raced down the hill on their wheeled scooters, laughing happily.

Antonyms

wheelless
5.2

Not having wheels and needing to be carried or slid

Compounds

wheeled vehicle
2 2.6

A machine with wheels that carries people or goods

four-wheeled
1 3.2

A thing that has four wheels, like a car or cart

two-wheeled
1 2.8

Having two wheels, like a bicycle or cart

three-wheeled
1 3.5

Having three wheels like some bikes or small cars

wheeled forecarriage
  • Archaic
9.9

A small support with wheels under the front of a plow that holds and guides it

How Many

four-wheeled
1 3.2
two-wheeled
1 2.8
wheeled
1 2.5
wheelless
5.2

Surface Forms

wheeled positive

Morphology

wheeled = wheel (transparent) = wheel + ed

Formed by the noun 'wheel' plus the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' meaning 'having wheels', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word wheeled comes from wheel, a name for a round object that 'turns' to make things move. So wheeled means 'having wheels', which helps a thing roll or move more easily.