(mythology, philosophy) The wheel of Fortune.

(idiomatic) A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization. / (UK, Ireland) A Ferris wheel. / (US) A low-riding tricycle with a large front wheel.

A small, rotating circular table of variable speed used in the manufacture of ceramics.

Having four wheels / Having a transmission that drives all four wheels.

An extra wheel held in reserve in a motor vehicle, to be used in an emergency.

Having a paddle wheel on each side; said of steam vessels.

(circus arts) An apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see German, wheel.

(transitive) To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death.

A type of large windlass used in drilling.

The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play.