| tire | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. tire, tyre | hoop that covers a wheel.; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" |
| ~ auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire | a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel. |
| ~ hoop, ring | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling.; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" |
| ~ pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre | a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc. |
| ~ wagon tire | a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel. |
| v. (body) | 2. fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| ~ degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | grow worse.; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| ~ poop out, conk out, peter out, run down, run out | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| v. (body) | 3. fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" |
| ~ indispose | cause to feel unwell.; "She was indisposed" |
| ~ exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat | wear out completely.; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" |
| ~ overfatigue, overtire, overweary | tire excessively. |
| ~ fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| v. (possession) | 4. exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire | deplete.; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
| ~ play out | become spent or exhausted.; "The champion's strength played out fast" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. bore, tire | cause to be bored. |
| wheel | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. wheel | a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines). |
| ~ balance wheel, balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat. |
| ~ bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle. |
| ~ buffing wheel | a wheel that is covered with soft material. |
| ~ cartwheel | a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim. |
| ~ car wheel | a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car. |
| ~ daisy print wheel, daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper. |
| ~ driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force). |
| ~ felloe, felly | rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted. |
| ~ cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion. |
| ~ emery wheel, grinding wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding. |
| ~ handwheel | a wheel worked by hand. |
| ~ simple machine, machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point. |
| ~ nosewheel | a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear. |
| ~ paddle wheel, paddlewheel | a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat. |
| ~ pinwheel | a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim.; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'" |
| ~ potter's wheel | a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter.; "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC" |
| ~ ratchet wheel | toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever. |
| ~ rim | the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached. |
| ~ roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate). |
| ~ toothed wheel, roulette | a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations. |
| ~ rowel | a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur. |
| ~ sprocket wheel, sprocket | thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain. |
| ~ trundle | small wheel or roller. |
| ~ wagon wheel | a wheel of a wagon. |
| ~ water wheel, waterwheel | a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine. |
| ~ water wheel, waterwheel | a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond. |
| ~ wheeled vehicle | a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people.; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. steering wheel, wheel | a handwheel that is used for steering. |
| ~ handwheel | control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated. |
| ~ steering mechanism, steering system | a mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle). |
| n. (attribute) | 3. wheel | forces that provide energy and direction.; "the wheels of government began to turn" |
| ~ force | a powerful effect or influence.; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. wheel | a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel. |
| ~ helm | steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. roulette wheel, wheel | game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in. |
| ~ game equipment | equipment or apparatus used in playing a game. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. rack, wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims. |
| ~ instrument of torture | an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. |
| ~ bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle, tandem | a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats. |
| ~ bicycle seat, saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle. |
| ~ bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle. |
| ~ chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament. |
| ~ coaster brake | a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals. |
| ~ handlebar | the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle. |
| ~ kickstand | a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden. |
| ~ all-terrain bike, mountain bike, off-roader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country. |
| ~ mudguard, splash-guard, splash guard | a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels. |
| ~ ordinary bicycle, ordinary | an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel. |
| ~ foot lever, foot pedal, treadle, pedal | a lever that is operated with the foot. |
| ~ push-bike | a bicycle that must be pedaled. |
| ~ safety bicycle, safety bike | bicycle that has two wheels of equal size; pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear. |
| ~ sprocket wheel, sprocket | thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain. |
| ~ velocipede | any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel. |
| ~ wheeled vehicle | a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people.; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
| v. (motion) | 8. wheel, wheel around | change directions as if revolving on a pivot.; "They wheeled their horses around and left" |
| ~ revolve, rotate, go around | turn on or around an axis or a center.; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| ~ cartwheel | do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet. |
| v. (motion) | 9. wheel, wheel around | wheel somebody or something. |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (motion) | 10. roll, wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ bowl | roll (a ball). |
| ~ troll | cause to move round and round.; "The child trolled her hoop" |
| v. (motion) | 11. bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal, wheel | ride a bicycle. |
| ~ unicycle | ride a unicycle. |
| ~ backpedal | pedal backwards on a bicycle. |
| ~ ride | be carried or travel on or in a vehicle.; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
| roll | | |
| n. (event) | 1. axial motion, axial rotation, roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis.; "wheels in axial rotation" |
| ~ gyration, revolution, rotation | a single complete turn (axial or orbital).; "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" |
| ~ wallow | an indolent or clumsy rolling about.; "a good wallow in the water" |
| n. (communication) | 2. roll, roster | a list of names.; "his name was struck off the rolls" |
| ~ list, listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). |
| ~ batting order, lineup, card | (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat.; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" |
| ~ death-roll | a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster. |
| ~ muster roll | a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company. |
| ~ church roll | a list of the members of church. |
| ~ rota | a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties. |
| ~ waiting list | a roster of those waiting to obtain something. |
| n. (event) | 3. roll, roller, rolling wave | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (artifact) | 4. roll | photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light. |
| ~ photographic film, film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies. |
| n. (shape) | 5. coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). |
| ~ corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla" |
| ~ calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green. |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| ~ verticil | a whorl of leaves growing around a stem. |
| n. (possession) | 6. bankroll, roll | a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.).; "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money. |
| n. (food) | 7. bun, roll | small rounded bread either plain or sweet. |
| ~ bread, breadstuff, staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked. |
| ~ tea bread | sweetened buns to be eaten with tea. |
| ~ frankfurter bun, hotdog bun | a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter. |
| ~ hamburger bun, hamburger roll | a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty. |
| ~ brioche | a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet. |
| ~ crescent roll, croissant | very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll. |
| ~ hard roll, vienna roll | yeast-raised roll with a hard crust. |
| ~ soft roll | yeast-raised roll with a soft crust. |
| ~ kaiser roll | rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center. |
| ~ parker house roll | yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking. |
| ~ clover-leaf roll | yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan. |
| ~ onion roll | yeast-raised roll flavored with onion. |
| ~ coffee roll, sweet roll | any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze. |
| ~ bagel, beigel | (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust. |
| n. (event) | 8. peal, pealing, roll, rolling | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (event) | 9. drum roll, paradiddle, roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (communication) | 10. roll, scroll | a document that can be rolled up (as for storage). |
| ~ holograph, manuscript | handwritten book or document. |
| ~ dead sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s.; "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus" |
| ~ megillah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim. |
| ~ torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. roll | anything rolled up in cylindrical form. |
| ~ bolt | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length. |
| ~ rouleau | a roll of coins wrapped in paper. |
| ~ rouleau | a roll of ribbon. |
| ~ cylinder | a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases). |
| n. (act) | 12. cast, roll | the act of throwing dice. |
| ~ craps | a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice. |
| ~ throw | casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly.; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice" |
| ~ natural | (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake. |
| n. (act) | 13. roll | walking with a swaying gait. |
| ~ gait | a person's manner of walking. |
| n. (act) | 14. roll | a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude. |
| ~ barrel roll | a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course. |
| ~ snap roll | a fast roll. |
| ~ airplane maneuver, flight maneuver | a maneuver executed by an aircraft. |
| n. (act) | 15. bowl, roll | the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling). |
| ~ bowling | the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc. |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| v. (motion) | 16. roll, turn over | move by turning over or rotating.; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" |
| ~ rim | roll around the rim of.; "the ball rimmed the basket" |
| ~ revolve, roll | cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (stative) | 17. roll, undulate | occur in soft rounded shapes.; "The hills rolled past" |
| v. (contact) | 18. roll, roll out | flatten or spread with a roller.; "roll out the paper" |
| ~ flatten | make flat or flatter.; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" |
| ~ cog | roll steel ingots. |
| ~ mill | roll out (metal) with a rolling machine. |
| v. (perception) | 19. roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (contact) | 20. roll, twine, wind, wrap | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ spool | wind onto a spool or a reel. |
| ~ reel | wind onto or off a reel. |
| ~ ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling.; "ball wool" |
| ~ clew, clue | roll into a ball. |
| ~ coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 21. roll | begin operating or running.; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" |
| ~ function, operate, work, run, go | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| v. (change) | 22. roll | shape by rolling.; "roll a cigarette" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| v. (body) | 23. roll | execute a roll, in tumbling.; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
| ~ tumble | do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully. |
| v. (possession) | 24. hustle, pluck, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (motion) | 25. flap, roll, undulate, wave | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ luff | flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.; "the sails luffed" |
| v. (motion) | 26. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (motion) | 27. roll | move, rock, or sway from side to side.; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" |
| ~ rock, sway, shake | move back and forth or sideways.; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" |
| v. (motion) | 28. revolve, roll | cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ roll, turn over | move by turning over or rotating.; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" |
| ~ transit | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction. |
| v. (communication) | 29. roll | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/.; "She rolls her r's" |
| ~ enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| v. (change) | 30. roll, seethe | boil vigorously.; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" |
| ~ roil, churn, moil, boil | be agitated.; "the sea was churning in the storm" |
| v. (change) | 31. roll | take the shape of a roll or cylinder.; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| v. (change) | 32. roll, roll up | show certain properties when being rolled.; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ wrap up, roll up | form a cylinder by rolling.; "roll up a banner" |
| ~ furl, roll up | form into a cylinder by rolling.; "Roll up the cloth" |
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