wheeling
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈwiːlɪŋ/
:
rodar
- The temperature has dropped; birds stop their wheeling in the sky and fly to their evening perches.
- wheeling and dealing
Examples
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You're too busy wheeling bath chairs round now.
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I am isolated from the telescope and cannot see the slowly wheeling stars overhead.
Academic text (1991) -
We watched the stars come out to fill the wheeling sky with luminous light.
Fiction book (1997) -
Anne picks up the pace with an orderly wheeling a gurney carrying a young patient, a boy.
Fiction book (1993) -
You may sit at home and sew, but you'll see blue water and wheeling gulls.
Fiction book (1999) -
The children spent the afternoon wheeling their bikes around the park.
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He enjoyed wheeling the old cart filled with supplies through the marketplace.
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After the repair, she was wheeling her suitcase down the street with ease.
Synonyms
485
1.0
A change of direction in a road or path
54
2.8
Turning around a central point, for example the Earth spinning once
45
3.5
One complete turn around a central point, like a planet or wheel
22
2.5
A change of direction in a road or path
15
2.7
A quick spin or turn
3
3.4
A fast spinning movement in a circle
1
2.4
Turning something around quickly so it spins
1
2.2
Movement when an object turns and moves forward, like a wheel or ball
Movement in which something spins around a fixed line
A rolling movement like waves or wheels
Antonyms
- Specialized
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7.5
Pressing strings with fingers makes higher or lower notes on an instrument like a violin
How Much Turning
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wheeling comes from the simple word wheel, the round thing that turns under carts, cars, and trolleys. So, wheeling means 'moving something on its wheels' or 'turning in a circle', like when you wheel a trolley or a wheelbarrow.