dictionary definitions for "wheeling"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wheeling \Wheel"ing\, n.
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     1. The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or
        in a wheeled vehicle.
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     2. The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
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     3. Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on
        wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling.
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     4. A turning, or circular movement.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wheel \Wheel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheeled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wheeling.]
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     1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel
        a load of hay or wood.
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     2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or
        revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a
        circle. "The beetle wheels her droning flight." --Gray.
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              Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled
              Her motions, as the great first mover's hand
              First wheeled their course.           --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Wheeling
      n 1: a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the
           Ohio river
      2: propelling something on wheels [syn: wheeling, rolling]


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