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weel Synonyms & Antonyms

/wiːl/

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Instead of weel you can say bequeath or leave depending on the context.

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Weel as a Noun

1

A trap for catching fish; a weely.

2

An arrangement of hairs that keeps insects out of flowers.

3

A whirlpool.

4

A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.

Weel as a Verb

1

Pronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.

2

(now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).

Do what you will.

3

(nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

4

(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

5

(auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.

I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.

6

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

7

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.

8

(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".

9

To wish, desire.

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10

To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

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11

To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

All the fans were willing their team to win the game.

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12

To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.

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Weel in a Sentence

Do what you will.

I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.

Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.

All the fans were willing their team to win the game.

He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.

Word Forms & Grammar

weel (plural weels)

weel

Origin of Weel

Origin 1: From Middle English wele, wyle, welle, likely a fusion of Old Norse vél ("device"; compare Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”)) and Middle English welwe, wilwe (“a weir, trap, or other device made of willow branches”), from Old English wiliġe, wyliġe (“basket”), related to Old English weliġ (“willow”).

Origin 2: From Middle English wel, weel, wele, wæl, from Old English wǣl (“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”). Cognate with Scots weil, weel (“pool, eddy, whirlpool”), Middle Low German wêl (“a pool”), Middle Low German wêlen (“to swirl, whirl”).

Weel in Brief

Part of speechnoun, verb
Pronunciation/wiːl/
MeaningA trap for catching fish; a weely
Synonymsbequeath and leave
Pluralweels

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