Sekirov Dictionary

wheelchair

UK /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/US /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
a seat on wheels used by someone who cannot walk far
- "And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train." — 2021
•
Any device involving wheels designed to assist a nonhuman animal with locomotion.
- To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell. — 2020
[before a noun] Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.

verb1

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To move using a wheelchair.
- Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves. — 1991

forms

wheelchaired · wheelchairing · wheelchairs

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