Past tense of wheel
regular verb
The past tense of wheel is wheeled. The past participle is also wheeled.
Forms of wheel
| Base form (V1) | wheel /ˈwiːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wheeled /wiːld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | wheeled /wiːld/ |
| Present participle | wheeling |
| Third person singular | wheels /wiːlz/ |
Wheeled in a sentence
- On reaching the slip, the barrow was wheeled off the truck onto a scaffolding gantry built out over the wall, and the concrete tipped down a corrugated iron chute on to a steel plate.1959 December, Richard Hope, “Narrow Gauge Landslip”, in Railway Magazine, page 866
- The patient was wheeled out of the ER.
- The cannons were wheeled around to bear upon the advancing troops.From the entry bear
- My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.From the entry signal
- He was so trigger-happy that he wheeled and punched me when I brushed by him in the hall.From the entry trigger-happy
Meaning of wheel
- noun A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- noun A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- noun The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
Questions about the past tense of wheel
- What is the past tense of wheel?
- The past tense of wheel is wheeled.
- What is the past participle of wheel?
- The past participle of wheel is wheeled.
- Is wheel a regular or irregular verb?
- Wheel is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wheel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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