A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines).

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine.    gear; tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances; plant, materiel; harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments; barde^†; equipment, equipmentage^†; appointments, furniture, upholstery; chattels; paraphernalia etc. (belongings) 780.    mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike^†, gavelock^†, jemmy^†, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan etc. (lift) 307; wheel etc. (rotation) 312; inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald^†, heddle^†, jenny, parbuckle^†, sprag^†, water wheel.    handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker.    hammer etc. (impulse) 276; edge tool etc. (cut) 253; borer etc. 262; vice, teeth, etc. (hold) 781; nail, rope etc. (join) 45; peg etc. (hang) 214; support etc. 215; spoon etc. (vehicle) 272; arms etc. 727; oar etc. (navigation) 267; cardiograph, recapper^†, snowplow, tenpenny^†, votograph^†.    ... show more

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity^†, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch.    boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis^†, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity^†, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf etc. (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^†; molar; belly, corporation^†, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.    [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula [Med.], pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle^†, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus^†, fungus, fungosity^†, exostosis^†, bleb, blister, blain^†; boil etc. (disease) 655; airbubble^†, blob, papule, verruca.    [convex body parts on chest] papilla, nipple, teat, tit [Vulg.], titty [Vulg.], boob [Vulg.], knocker [Vulg.], pap, breast, dug, mammilla^†.    [prominent convexity on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz [Coll.].    peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.    cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster.    relief, relievo [It], cameo; bassorilievo^†, mezzorilevo^†, altorivievo; low relief, bas relief [Fr.], high relief.    hill etc. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland^†; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze^†, ness.    ... show more

Dutch: stuurwiel, stuur, rad, wiel

A handwheel that is used for steering.

synonym: steering wheel.

Dutch: stuurwiel, stuur
Polish: kierownica

Forces that provide energy and direction.

A circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel.

Polish: koło sterowe

Game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in.

synonym: roulette wheel.

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... show more

An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims.

synonym: rack.

Roget 975: scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan^†, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote^†, blacksnake^†, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote^†, kurbash^†, quirt, rawhide, sjambok^†; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon.    whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end.    pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool^†, ducking stool; brank^†; trebuchet^†, trebuket^†.    [instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel; chinese water torture.    treadmill, crank, galleys.    scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; gas chamber; lethal injection; firing squad; mecate^†.    house of correction etc. (prison) 752.    goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner^†; lyncher; hangman; headsman^†; Jack Ketch.    ... show more

Polish: koło, kołowrót, rota

A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals.

synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle.

Roget 247: circularity, roundness; rotundity etc. 249.    circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet^†, annulus, annulet^†, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel^†, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus^†, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo^†.    ellipse, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid; epicycloid [Geom.], epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector.    sphere etc. 249.    ... show more

Roget 272: vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon^†, wain, dray, cart, lorry.    truck, tram; cariole, carriole^†; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen^†, palanquin; litter, brancard^†, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett^†, dearborn [U.S.], dump cart, hack, hackery^†, jigger, kittereen^†, mailstate^†, manomotor^†, rig, rockaway^†, prairie schooner [U.S.], shay, sloven, team, tonga^†, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle^†.    equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle^†, tilbury^†, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence^†, calash, caleche [Fr.], britzka^†, araba^†, kibitka^†; berlin; sulky, desobligeant [Fr.], sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse [Fr.]; jaunting car, outside car; dandi^†; doolie^†, dooly^†; munchil^†, palki^†; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon^†; vettura^†.    post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet^†, cab, hansom, shofle^†, four-wheeler, growler, droshki^†, drosky^†.    dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem; shandredhan^†, char-a-bancs [Fr.].    motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels [Coll.], sports car, roadster, gran turismo [It], jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach^†, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.    bob, bobsled, bobsleigh^†; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.]; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan.    train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car [U.S.]; bullet train, shinkansen [Jap.], cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van.    shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle^†, loy^†; spud; pitchfork; post hole digger.    [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking crane.    ... show more

Dutch: stalen ros, fiets, rijwiel, velo
Polish: rower

Change directions as if revolving on a pivot:
— They wheeled their horses around and left.

synonym: wheel around.

Roget 311: turn, bend, wheel; go about, put about; heel; go round to the right about, turn round to the right about; turn on one's heel; make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle; go through 180 degrees, go through 360 degrees, pass through 180 degrees, pass through 360 degrees.    circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent; put a girdle round about the earth" [M.N.D.]; go the round, make the round of.    wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist etc. (convolution) 248; make a detour etc. (circuit) 629.    ... show more

Roget 279: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve etc. 245; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe^†, wear.    intervert^†; deflect; divert, divert from its course; put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp.    stray, straggle; sidle; diverge etc. 291; tralineate^†; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy.    fly off at a tangent; glance off; wheel about, face about; turn to the right about, face to the right about; waddle etc. (oscillate) 314; go out of one's way etc. (perform a circuit) 629; lose one's way.    ... show more

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; rebound etc. 277; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.    turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home.    ... show more

Roget 312: rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve^†; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl.    roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum^†.    [of an automobile] spin out.    ... show more

Dutch: wielen

Wheel somebody or something.

synonym: wheel around.

Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.

synonym: roll.

Dutch: rollen

Ride a bicycle.

synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal.