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wheeled

(wēld, hwēld)

adj.

Having wheels or a wheel. Often used in combination: a three-wheeled bike.

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wheeled

(wiːld)

adj

(Mechanical Engineering)

a. having or equipped with a wheel or wheels

b. (in combination): four-wheeled.

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

wheeled

(ʰwild, wild)

adj.

1. equipped with or having wheels (often used in combination): a four-wheeled carriage.

2. moving or traveling on wheels: wheeled transportation.

[1600–10]

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Adj.

wheeled - having wheels; often used in combination

wheelless - having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles; "dragging a wheelless stoneboat filled with rocks"; "wheelless societies"

Translations

مُزَوَّد بِعَجلات

med hjul

fahrbar

kerekes

á hjólum

con ruote

tekerlekli

装有轮子的

wheeled

[wiːld] ADJ [traffic, transport] → rodado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wheeled

adj traffic, transport → auf Rädern; vehicle → mit Rädern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wheeled

[wiːld] adj → a ruote
a three-wheeled car → un'auto a tre ruote

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wheel

(wiːl) noun

1. a circular frame or disc turning on a rod or axle, on which vehicles etc move along the ground. A bicycle has two wheels, a tricycle three, and most cars four; a cartwheel.

2. any of several things similar in shape and action. a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car.

verb

1. to cause to move on wheels. He wheeled his bicycle along the path.

2. to (cause to) turn quickly. He wheeled round and slapped me.

3. (of birds) to fly in circles.

wheeled adjective

a wheeled vehicle.

-wheeled

a four-wheeled vehicle.

ˈwheelbarrow noun

a small carrier with one wheel at the front, and two legs and two handles at the back. He used a wheelbarrow to move the manure to the back garden.

ˈwheelchair noun

a chair with wheels, used for moving from place to place by invalids or those who cannot walk.

ˈwheelhouse noun

the shelter in which a ship's steering-wheel is placed.

ˈwheelwright noun

a craftsman who makes wheels.

References in classic literature ?

Weller wheeled his master nimbly to the green hill, shot him dexterously out by the very side of the basket, and proceeded to unpack it with the utmost despatch.

Pickwick was wheeled in compliance with this imperious mandate; and the great Captain Boldwig, swelling with indignation, proceeded on his walk.

Pickwick had been wheeled to the pound, and safely deposited therein, fast asleep in the wheel-barrow, to the immeasurable delight and satisfaction not only of all the boys in the village, but three-fourths of the whole population, who had gathered round, in expectation of his waking.

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Her retinue, her reserved compartment in the train, her pile of unnecessary trunks, portmanteaux, and strong-boxes, all helped to increase her prestige; while her wheeled chair, her sharp tone and voice, her eccentric questions (put with an air of the most overbearing and unbridled imperiousness), her whole figure--upright, rugged, and commanding as it was--completed the general awe in which she was held.

On the level or in the street I can be WHEELED along.

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I was to follow on foot as speedily as might be, and it was with a high heart that I strode along the sunset lanes, hearing for some time the chiming of her bell in front of me, till she had wheeled it quite out of hearing, and it was lost in the distance.