How do you use the word "wheel" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "wheel": The driver turned the wheel to the right. You are not to speak to the man at the wheel.

Wheel Meaning

/wiːl/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounA circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines., A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.

Sentence Examples

The driver turned the wheel to the right.

You are not to speak to the man at the wheel.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

roll

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The car's ____ is made of rubber and metal and helps it move.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I had to change the flat ____ on my bicycle before I could continue my journey to the city center today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel 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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish 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 existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and kike.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

"I hear the noise about thy keel; ⁠I hear the bell struck in the night: ⁠I see the cabin-window bright; I see the sailor at the wheel." — 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto X”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

"Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 18:3:

"Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar / A touch can make, a touch can mar." — 1878, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kéramos:

"Flashing thick flames , wheel within wheel undrawn" — 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

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