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wheel (EN)
sostantivo, verbo

sostantivo “wheel”

sing. wheel, pl. wheels
  1. ruota
    The car's wheels spun on the slippery road.
  2. volante
    She kept her hands firmly on the wheel while driving.
  3. timone (nave)
    The sailor took the wheel to navigate through the channel.
  4. arcolaio
    The grandmother sat by the fireplace spinning yarn on her wheel.
  5. tornio (ceramica)
    He formed the vase on the wheel.
  6. una persona che ha molto potere o influenza
    She became a big wheel in the business world.
  7. (in poker) una scala dall'asso al cinque
    He had a wheel and won the round.
  8. il cerchione metallico della ruota di un veicolo
    He bought new alloy wheels for his car.
  9. una grande forma rotonda di formaggio
    They purchased a wheel of cheddar for the feast.
  10. un tipo di fuoco d'artificio che gira mentre brucia
    The wheel lit up the sky during the festival.
  11. (figurato) un ciclo o schema ricorrente
    They felt caught in the wheel of routine.
  12. (in ambito militare) una manovra in cui i soldati si girano insieme
    The platoon executed a wheel to the right.

verbo “wheel”

infinito wheel; lui wheels; pass. wheeled; p.p. wheeled; ger. wheeling
  1. spingere
    The nurse wheeled the patient to the operating room.
  2. girare
    She wheeled around when someone called her name.
  3. volteggiare
    The hawks wheeled in the sky above.
  4. far girare
    She wheeled the large globe to show the different continents.