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WHEEL AROUND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change directions as if revolving on a pivot
Example:
They wheeled their horses around and left
Synonyms:
wheel; wheel around
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "wheel around" is one way to...):
go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wheel around"):
cartwheel (do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wheel somebody or something
Synonyms:
wheel; wheel around
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "wheel around" is one way to...):
transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
