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
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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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