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inwheel

inwheel verb: to encircle.

Verb

inwheel (third-person singular simple present inwheels, present participle inwheeling, simple past and past participle inwheeled)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To encircle.
    • B. and PI, Pilgrim, i, 8.
      Heaven's grace inwheel ye, and all good thoughts and prayers dwell about ye.

Noun

inwheel (plural inwheels)

  1. The inner wheel of a mill.

Forms of inwheel

Verb
third-person singular presentinwheels
present participleinwheeling
past participleinwheeled
pastinwheeled
alternative formenwheel
Noun
pluralinwheels

Origin of inwheel

From in- (forming verbs) + wheel.

From in- (“within”) + wheel.

Questions about inwheel

What does inwheel mean?
Inwheel means to encircle.
What part of speech is inwheel?
Inwheel can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of inwheel?
The past tense of inwheel is inwheeled.

Words near inwheel in the dictionary

  1. inweaved
  2. inweaves
  3. inweaving
  4. inwelling
  5. inwellings
  6. inwheel
  7. inwheels
  8. inwick
  9. inwicked
  10. inwicking
  11. inwicks

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