wheeled
wheeled Lexical Profile
wheeled Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To push or pull a vehicle or object that has wheels (past tense and past participle of wheel).
"The orderly carefully wheeled the patient down the hospital corridor toward the recovery room."
To fly or move in a wide circle or curve, or to turn around quickly on an axis or pivot (past tense and past participle of wheel).
"A flock of seagulls wheeled gracefully above the fishing boats in the harbor."
• adjective
Having or fitted with wheels, or having a specified number or type of wheels (often used in combination).
"The museum features an extensive collection of antique wheeled vehicles from the nineteenth century."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the Old English noun 'hweol' (wheel), ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European reduplicated root '*kwel-' (to revolve or move around), combined with the participial and adjectival suffix '-ed'.