blockage vs wheel

blockage

noun
  • Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”). 

  • The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage. 

  • The state or condition of being blocked. 

  • Synonym of thrombosis, synonym of thromboembolism, or synonym of embolism. 

wheel

noun
  • A wheelrim. 

  • A potter's wheel. 

  • A round portion of cheese. 

  • The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

  • A Catherine wheel firework. 

  • A recurring or cyclical course of events. 

  • A turn or revolution; rotation; compass. 

  • The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered. 

  • A manoeuvre in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change. 

  • A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel. 

  • The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. 

  • A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. 

  • A spinning wheel. 

  • A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle. 

verb
  • To roll along on wheels. 

  • To cause to change direction quickly, turn. 

  • To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air. 

  • To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle. 

  • To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair. 

  • To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around. 

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