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Wire

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Noun

1. wire

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

2. conducting wire, wire

a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

3. wire

the finishing line on a racetrack

4. telegram, wire

a message transmitted by telegraph

Verb

5. wire

provide with electrical circuits

Example Sentences:
'wire the addition to the house'

6. cable, telegraph, wire

send cables, wires, or telegrams

7. wire

fasten with wire

Example Sentences:
'The columns were wired to the beams for support'

8. wire

string on a wire

Example Sentences:
'wire beads'

9. electrify, wire

equip for use with electricity

Example Sentences:
'electrify an appliance'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wire

see synonyms of wire
noun
1. 
a slender flexible strand or rod of metal
2. 
a cable consisting of several metal strands twisted together
3. 
a flexible metallic conductor, esp one made of copper, usually insulated, and used to carry electric current in a circuit
4. (modifier)
of, relating to, or made of wire
a wire fence
a wire stripper
5. 
anything made of wire, such as wire netting, a barbed-wire fence, etc
6. 
a long continuous wire or cable connecting points in a telephone or telegraph system
7. old-fashioned
a.  an informal name for telegram, telegraph
b.  the wire
8. 
a metallic string on a guitar, piano, etc
9. horse racing, mainly US and Canadian
the finishing line on a racecourse
10. 
a wire-gauze screen upon which pulp is spread to form paper during the manufacturing process
11. 
anything resembling a wire, such as a hair
12. 
a snare made of wire for rabbits and similar animals
13.  to the wire
14.  get in under the wire
15.  get one's wires crossed
16.  pull wires
17.  take it to the wire
verb (mainly tr)
18. (also intr)
to send a telegram to (a person or place)
19. 
to send (news, a message, etc) by telegraph
20. 
to equip (an electrical system, circuit, or component) with wires
21. 
to fasten or furnish with wire
22. (often foll by up)
to provide (an area) with fibre-optic cabling to receive cable television
23. 
to string (beads, etc) on wire
24. croquet
to leave (a player's ball) so that a hoop or peg lies between it and the other balls
25. 
to snare with wire
26.  wire in

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Wire

see synonyms of wire
noun
1. 
metal that has been drawn into a very long, thin thread or rod, usually circular in cross section
2. 
a length of this, used for various purposes, such as conducting electric current or stringing musical instruments
3. 
wire netting or other wirework
4. 
anything made of wire or wirework, as a telephone cable, a barbed-wire fence, or a snare
5. 
a. 
telegraph
reply by wire
b. 
a telegram
6.  Slang
a concealed microphone or recording device, carried or worn as for espionage or by undercover police
7.  US, Horse Racing
a wire above the finish line of a race
adjective
8. 
made of wire or wirework
verb transitiveWord forms: wired or ˈwiring
9. 
to furnish, connect, bind, attach, string, etc. with a wire or wires
10. 
to supply with a system of wires for electric current
11. 
to telegraph
12.  Archaic
to snare with a wire or wires
verb intransitive
13. 
to telegraph

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Wire

see synonyms of wire
n.
1.
a. Metal that has been drawn out into a strand or rod, used chiefly for structural support, as in concrete, and for conducting electricity, when it is usually insulated with a rubber or plastic cladding: bought some wire at the hardware store.
b. A strand or rod of such material, or a cable made of such strands twisted together.
c. Fencing made of wire, especially barbed wire.
d. wires The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.
2. Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.
3.
a. A telephone or telegraph connection: Who is on the wire?
b. A telegraph service: sent the message by wire.
c. A telegram or cablegram: "Mac got a wire from Milly that Uncle Tim was dead" (John Dos Passos).
d. A wire service: The news came over the wire.
4. A pin in the print head of a computer printer.
5. The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.
6. Sports The finish line of a racetrack.
7. Slang A pickpocket.
v. wired, wir·ing, wires
v.tr.
1.
a. To equip with a system of electrical wires: wire a house.
b. To attach or connect with electrical wire or cable: Is the printer wired to the computer?
c. To attach or fasten with wire: Surgeons wired his shoulder together.
2. Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
3.
a. To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.
b. To send a telegram to (someone).
4. Computers To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.
5. To determine genetically; hardwire: "It is plausible that the basic organization of grammar is wired into the child's brain" (Steven Pinker).
v.intr.
To send a telegram.

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