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weal/wheal/wheel/we'll

weal (wēl)

Noun

    • Prosperity; happiness: in weal and woe.
    • The welfare of the community; the general good: the public weal.
    • A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt.

wheal (hwēl, wēl)

Noun

    • A small swelling on the skin, as from an insect bite, that usually itches or burns.

wheel (hwēl, wēl)

Noun

    • A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the centre.
    • Something resembling such a disk or ring in appearance or movement or having a wheel as its principal part or characteristic, as:
      • The steering device on a vehicle.
      • A potter's wheel.
      • A water wheel.
      • A spinning wheel.
    • The act or process of turning; revolution or rotation.
    • Slang. A person with a great deal of power or influence: a wheel in state government.

Verb. wheeled, wheeling, wheels.

Verb. Transitive

    • To roll, move, or transport on wheels or a wheel.
    • To cause to turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.
    • To provide with wheels or a wheel.

Verb. Intransitive

    • To turn around or as if around a central axis; revolve or rotate.
    • To roll or move on or as if on wheels or a wheel.
    • To fly in a curving or circular course: A flock of gulls wheeled just above the dock.
    • To turn or whirl around in place; pivot:
    • To reverse one's opinion or practice: Don't be surprised if the boss wheels about on that idea.

we'll (wēl)

    • Contraction of we will.

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