Meaning of "wheelbarrow" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF WHEELBARROW

wheelbarrow  [ˈwiːlˌbærəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHEELBARROW

Wheelbarrow is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wheelbarrow in English.

WHAT DOES WHEELBARROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wheelbarrow

A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind. The term "wheelbarrow" is made of two words: "wheel" and "barrow." "Barrow" is a derivation of the Old English "bearwe" which was a device used for carrying loads. The wheelbarrow is designed to distribute the weight of its load between the wheel and the operator so enabling the convenient carriage of heavier and bulkier loads than would be possible were the weight carried entirely by the operator. As such it is a second-class lever. Traditional Chinese wheelbarrows, however, had a central wheel supporting the whole load. Use of wheelbarrows is common in the construction industry and in gardening. Typical capacity is approximately 170 litres of material. A two-wheel type is more stable on level ground, while the almost universal one-wheel type has better maneuverability in small spaces, on planks or when tilted ground would throw the load off balance. The use of one wheel also permits greater control of the deposition of the load on emptying.

Definition of wheelbarrow in the English dictionary

The definition of wheelbarrow in the dictionary is a simple vehicle for carrying small loads, typically being an open container supported by a wheel at the front and two legs and two handles behind. Other definition of wheelbarrow is to convey in a wheelbarrow.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHEELBARROW

PRESENT

Present

I wheelbarrow

you wheelbarrow

he/she/it wheelbarrows

we wheelbarrow

you wheelbarrow

they wheelbarrow

Present continuous

I am wheelbarrowing

you are wheelbarrowing

he/she/it is wheelbarrowing

we are wheelbarrowing

you are wheelbarrowing

they are wheelbarrowing

Present perfect

I have wheelbarrowed

you have wheelbarrowed

he/she/it has wheelbarrowed

we have wheelbarrowed

you have wheelbarrowed

they have wheelbarrowed

Present perfect continuous

I have been wheelbarrowing

you have been wheelbarrowing

he/she/it has been wheelbarrowing

we have been wheelbarrowing

you have been wheelbarrowing

they have been wheelbarrowing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wheelbarrowed

you wheelbarrowed

he/she/it wheelbarrowed

we wheelbarrowed

you wheelbarrowed

they wheelbarrowed

Past continuous

I was wheelbarrowing

you were wheelbarrowing

he/she/it was wheelbarrowing

we were wheelbarrowing

you were wheelbarrowing

they were wheelbarrowing

Past perfect

I had wheelbarrowed

you had wheelbarrowed

he/she/it had wheelbarrowed

we had wheelbarrowed

you had wheelbarrowed

they had wheelbarrowed

Past perfect continuous

I had been wheelbarrowing

you had been wheelbarrowing

he/she/it had been wheelbarrowing

we had been wheelbarrowing

you had been wheelbarrowing

they had been wheelbarrowing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wheelbarrow

you will wheelbarrow

he/she/it will wheelbarrow

we will wheelbarrow

you will wheelbarrow

they will wheelbarrow

Future continuous

I will be wheelbarrowing

you will be wheelbarrowing

he/she/it will be wheelbarrowing

we will be wheelbarrowing

you will be wheelbarrowing

they will be wheelbarrowing

Future perfect

I will have wheelbarrowed

you will have wheelbarrowed

he/she/it will have wheelbarrowed

we will have wheelbarrowed

you will have wheelbarrowed

they will have wheelbarrowed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been wheelbarrowing

you will have been wheelbarrowing

he/she/it will have been wheelbarrowing

we will have been wheelbarrowing

you will have been wheelbarrowing

they will have been wheelbarrowing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wheelbarrow

you would wheelbarrow

he/she/it would wheelbarrow

we would wheelbarrow

you would wheelbarrow

they would wheelbarrow

Conditional continuous

I would be wheelbarrowing

you would be wheelbarrowing

he/she/it would be wheelbarrowing

we would be wheelbarrowing

you would be wheelbarrowing

they would be wheelbarrowing

Conditional perfect

I would have wheelbarrow

you would have wheelbarrow

he/she/it would have wheelbarrow

we would have wheelbarrow

you would have wheelbarrow

they would have wheelbarrow

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been wheelbarrowing

you would have been wheelbarrowing

he/she/it would have been wheelbarrowing

we would have been wheelbarrowing

you would have been wheelbarrowing

they would have been wheelbarrowing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wheelbarrow
we let´s wheelbarrow
you wheelbarrow

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to wheelbarrow

Past participle

wheelbarrowed

Present Participle

wheelbarrowing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF WHEELBARROW

Find out the translation of wheelbarrow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wheelbarrow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wheelbarrow» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 独轮车
• Translator English - Spanish: carretilla
• English: wheelbarrow
• Translator English - Hindi: wheelbarrow
• Translator English - Arabic: عَرَبَةُ يَد
• Translator English - Russian: тачка
• Translator English - Portuguese: carrinho de mão
• Translator English - Bengali: ঠেলাগাড়ি
• Translator English - French: brouette
• Translator English - Malay: Kereta sorong
• Translator English - German: Schubkarren
• Translator English - Japanese: 手押し車
• Translator English - Korean: 1륜 손수레
• Translator English - Javanese: Wheelbarrow
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xe cút kít
• Translator English - Tamil: வீல்பேரோ
• Translator English - Marathi: लहान ओझी नेण्याची कुरब
• Translator English - Turkish: el arabası
• Translator English - Italian: carriola
• Translator English - Polish: taczka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тачка
• Translator English - Romanian: roabă
• Translator English - Greek: χειραμάξιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kruiwa
• Translator English - Swedish: skottkärra
• Translator English - Norwegian: trillebår

2 QUOTES WITH «WHEELBARROW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wheelbarrow.

1

E. T. Bell

I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.

2

John C. McGinley

I built a baseball field in the lower part of our property and I'm always working on that. I got a wheelbarrow, a pick and a shovel, and I started to build a baseball field during writers' strike. We have boys and girls come over and we have clinics in the spring. It's called The Strike because it's named for the writers' strike.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHEELBARROW»

Discover the use of wheelbarrow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wheelbarrow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Wheelbarrow Garden

This story is a sequel to 'Look in the Garden'. Both books reflect the non-fiction theme of food and eating. The frequent repetition of familiar, heavy-duty words encourages confident reading.

Annette Smith, 2001

Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Poets Anthology

The book features an unpublished poem by WIlliams and also poets like JOHN BARRALE, CELINE BEAULIEU, SONDRA SINGER BEAULIEU, GEORGE DE GREGORIO, MARK FOGARTY, JIM KLEIN, LOREN KLEINMAN, ZORIDA MOHAMMAD, DEBORAH SCHANTZ, CLAUDIA SEREA and ...

Red Wheelbarrow Poets, Jim Klein, 2008

Edible Landscaping in the Desert Southwest: Wheelbarrow to Plate

You can have a totally edible garden in the Desert Southwest (and other similar year-round climates).

Catherine Crowley, 2005

One Wobbly Wheelbarrow

See what goes into one wobbly wheelbarrow.

Gwen Pascoe, 1987

The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow No. 5

Red Wheelbarrow Poets. Joe Del Priore Joe Del Priore's poems have appeared in magazines and journals since 1982. He is active in the NJ poetry community participating in poetry groups in Jersey City, Montclair, and Rutherford. Ana Doina ...

Red Wheelbarrow Poets, 2012

Garden Carpentry - Span, Roof, Greenhouse, Toolshed, ...

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Various, 2010

That red wheelbarrow: selected literary essays

Discusses Dickens, Hardy, Browning, Orwell, Kosinski, O'Connor, Salinger, Agee, Pound, and Williams

Robert Coles, 1988

Culture and Inflation in Weimar Germany

I heard the story of the wheelbarrow full of inflationary money told so often by older Germans that there must have been a corresponding inflationary rise in the number of these vehicles in Germany around 1923. There were many variations on ...

Bernd Widdig, 2001

Wheelbarrow Wilbur

Wilbur is a bouncy and active terrier who loves his family and spends his days playing happily at the beach.

‎2009

Reading Erskine Caldwell: New Essays

After its 1923 publication in Spring and All with no title, only the number XXI, William Carlos Williams's short lyric now widely known as “The Red Wheelbarrow ” was reviewed by Marjorie Allen Sei›ert in April ¡924 in Poetry. Although Sei›ert ...

Robert L. McDonald, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHEELBARROW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wheelbarrow is used in the context of the following news items.

The Owner of William Carlos Williams's Red Wheelbarrow Has Been …

If you skipped English class throughout high school, then you probably never ran across William Carlos Williams's modernist gem "The Red Wheelbarrow," and ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»

Wheelbarrow boy turns flight attendant

He said in an interview the hardship his family had gone through so he had resorted to being a wheelbarrow boy to fend for himself. "While I was in Suva ... «Fiji Times, Jun 15»

Is he for wheel? Astonishing images show traffic warden slapping …

Because they show a parking enforcement officer slapping a ticket on a WHEELBARROW. In the snaps, the jobsworth parking attendant is spotted inspecting the ... «Mirror.co.uk, May 15»

Wheelbarrow in road led to fatal car crash

OXFORD, Mass. —The family of a man killed when his car crashed into a wheelbarrow left on a highway is pleading for the person responsible to come forward. «WCVB Boston, May 15»

Van thief jailed after throwing wheelbarrow at police

He then opened the back door to detach the trailer before throwing the wheelbarrow as well as a generator, various power tools and clothing into the road. «Kent and Sussex Courier, Apr 15»

Cats starve to death trapped beneath wheelbarrow

VANCOUVER, Wash. --Just how long two cats had been trapped under a wheelbarrow at a Vancouver mobile home park isn't clear. But Clark County Animal ... «KOMO News, Feb 15»

Man leaves blaze unattended in wheelbarrow in Balga during fire ban

The wheelbarrow bandit's fire comes on the back of the WA government revealing on Thursday, that 34 people had been charged with 45 arson offences in the ... «WA today, Feb 15»

Man caught pushing dead girlfriend in wheelbarrow

Johannesburg - A man was arrested after he was found pushing the decomposing remains of his girlfriend in a wheelbarrow in Bloemfontein, Free State police ... «News24, Jan 15»

Man strangled pensioner Joan Roddam and then hid body under a …

A man strangled pensioner Joan Roddam after going to her house hoping to have sex with her, a jury has heard. He then hid her body under a wheelbarrow in a ... «Western Morning News, Jan 15»

Gallery: Sunninghill Wheelbarrow Race 2015

Hundreds of spectators lined the streets to cheer on superheroes, a nativity scene and a Japanese fighter pilot competing in the Sunninghill Wheelbarrow Race ... «Reading Post, Jan 15»