wheeled
/wiːld/
wheeled is the simple past and past participle of wheel.
Adjective
wheeled (comparative more wheeled, superlative most wheeled)
- Having wheels; on wheels.
- a wheeled vehicle
- An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 86
- Having the specified number or type of wheels.
- a three-wheeled car
- an iron-wheeled chariot
Meaning of wheel
Verb
wheel (third-person singular simple present wheels, present participle wheeling, simple past and past participle wheeled)
- To roll along on wheels.
- Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
- To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- The patient was wheeled out of the ER.
- To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
- To make a circular movement.
- My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.
- To move smoothly and easily, as if on wheels.
- I wheeled through the gathering, making all my appointed stops.
- To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
- Your daughter, if you have not given her leave,
I say again, hath made a gross revolt;
Tying her duty, beauty, wit and fortunes
In an extravagant and wheeling stranger
Of here and every where.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Your daughter, if you have not given her leave,
Forms of wheeled
| comparative | more wheeled |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wheeled |
Phrases with wheeled
Words that rhyme with wheeled
Questions about wheeled
- What does wheeled mean?
- Wheeled means having wheels; on wheels.
- What is wheeled the simple past and past participle of?
- Wheeled is the simple past and past participle of wheel.
- What part of speech is wheeled?
- Wheeled is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce wheeled?
- Wheeled is pronounced /wiːld/.
Words near wheeled in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wheeled (page history and authors); wheel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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