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WHEELING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Propelling something on wheels
Synonyms:
rolling; wheeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wheeling" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Derivation:
wheel (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Wheeling" is a part of...):
Mountain State; W.V.; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb wheel
