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counterwheel

counterwheel verb: to turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.

Verb

counterwheel (third-person singular simple present counterwheels, present participle counterwheeling, simple past and past participle counterwheeled)

  1. To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.

Noun

counterwheel (plural counterwheels)

  1. A contrate wheel.

Forms of counterwheel

Verb
third-person singular presentcounterwheels
present participlecounterwheeling
past participlecounterwheeled
pastcounterwheeled
Noun
pluralcounterwheels

Origin of counterwheel

From counter- + wheel.

Questions about counterwheel

What does counterwheel mean?
Counterwheel means to turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
What part of speech is counterwheel?
Counterwheel can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of counterwheel?
The past tense of counterwheel is counterwheeled.

Words near counterwheel in the dictionary

  1. counterweighs
  2. counterweight
  3. counterweighted
  4. counterweighting
  5. counterweights
  6. counterwheel
  7. counterwheeled
  8. counterwheeling
  9. counterwheels
  10. counterwill
  11. counterwilled

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