adv
Meaning 1
Riding a bicycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
awheel
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/əˈwiːl/
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/əˈʍiːl/
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rhymes with -iːl
adv
Meaning 2
Travelling by a wheeled vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 3
Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, poetic
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the public was awheel
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English an Middle English a- English a- Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English awheel From a- + wheel.