Helen Fenton

Wheelbarrow: Definition and part of speech

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Wheelbarrow

  1. n. A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wheedle: Definition and part of speech

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Wheedle

  1. v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
  2. v. t. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
  3. v. t. To grain, or get away, by flattery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wheel: Definition and part of speech

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Wheel

  1. n. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
  2. n. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, — used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
  3. n. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.
  4. n. A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
  5. n. An instrument of torture formerly used.
  6. n. A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.
  7. n. A potter’s wheel. See under Potter.
  8. n. A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.
  9. n. The burden or refrain of a song.
  10. n. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
  11. 1n. 1 A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wheatear: Definition and part of speech

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Wheatear

  1. n. A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.