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1. (n.) wire
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of metal.
2. wire
such pieces as a material.
3. wire
a length of such material used as a conductor of current in electrical, cable, telegraph, or telephone systems.
4. wire
a cross hair.
5. wire
a telegram.
6. wire
the telegraphic system:
to send a message by wire.
7. wire
wires, a system of wires by which puppets are moved.
8. wire
Naut. a wire rope.
9. wire
a wire stretched across and above the track at the finish line of a racetrack.
10. wire
the woven wire mesh over which the wet pulp is spread in a papermaking machine.
11. wire
the wire, the telephone:
There's someone on the wire for you.
12. (adj.) wire
made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
13. (v.t.) wire
to furnish, fit, fasten, or bind with wire or wires.
14. wire
to install an electric system of wiring in, as for lighting.
15. wire
to send by telegraph.
16. wire
to send a message to by telegraph.
17. wire
to connect (a receiver, area, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received.
18. (v.i.) wire
to send a telegraphic message; telegraph.
19. wire
down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end.
20. wire
under the wire, just within the limit or deadline; scarcely; barely.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wir(e) (n.), OE wīr, c. MLG wīre, ON vīra- wire)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wire
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
2. (noun) wire, conducting wire
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
3. (noun) wire
the finishing line on a racetrack
4. (verb) telegram, wire
a message transmitted by telegraph
5. (verb) wire
provide with electrical circuits
"wire the addition to the house"
6. (verb) cable, telegraph, wire
send cables, wires, or telegrams
7. (verb) wire
fasten with wire
"The columns were wired to the beams for support"
8. (verb) wire
string on a wire
"wire beads"
9. (verb) electrify, wire
equip for use with electricity
"electrify an appliance"
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1. (noun) wire
a thread of metal
roses held together with a piece of wire; wire fencing
2. wire
a cable carrying electricity or telephone signals
the wires leading into the house
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Wire
a thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel
2. (noun) Wire
a telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire
3. (verb) Wire
to bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors
4. (verb) Wire
to put upon a wire; as, to wire beads
5. (verb) Wire
to snare by means of a wire or wires
6. (verb) Wire
to send (a message) by telegraph
7. (verb) Wire
to pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream
8. (verb) Wire
to send a telegraphic message
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We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.
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 Afrikaans: draad |
 Arabic: سِلْك |
 Bulgarian: жица |
 Brazilian: fio de arame |
 Czech: drát(ěný) |
 German: der Draht |
 Danish: ledning |
 Greek: σύρμα |
 Spanish: alambre, cable, hilo |
 Estonian: traat |
 Farsi: سيم |
 Finnish: metallilanka |
 French: fil (métallique/électriqu |
 Hebrew: תַיִל |
 Hindi: तार |
 Croatian: žica, žičan |
 Hungarian: drót, huzal |
 Indonesian: kawat |
 Icelandic: vír |
 Italian: filo; rete metallica |
 Japanese: 針金 |
 Korean: 철사 |
 Lithuanian: viela, laidas |
 Latvian: stieple; vads |
 Malay: kawat; dawai |
 Dutch: draad, kabel |
 Norwegian: metalltråd |
 Polish: drut |
 Portuguese: fio de arame |
 Romanian: fir (de sârmă) |
 Russian: проволока |
 Slovak: drôt; drôtený |
 Slovenian: žica |
 Serbian: žica |
 Swedish: metalltråd |
 Thai: ลวด; สายโลหะ |
 Turkish: tel |
 Taiwanese: 金屬線，電線 |
 Ukrainian: дріт; провід |
 Urdu: کسی دھات کے ذریعے بنایا گ |
 Vietnamese: dây kim loại |
 Chinese: 金属线，电线 |
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