Definitions for wire
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wirenoun

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

2. wire, conducting wirenoun

   a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

3. wirenoun

   the finishing line on a racetrack

4. telegram, wireverb

   a message transmitted by telegraph

5. wireverb

   provide with electrical circuits

   "wire the addition to the house"

6. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

7. wireverb

   fasten with wire

   "The columns were wired to the beams for support"

8. wireverb

   string on a wire

   "wire beads"

9. electrify, wireverb

   equip for use with electricity

   "electrify an appliance"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wirenoun

   Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang), the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office; -- in this sense, synonymous with strings.

2. Wireverb

   to equip with a system of wiring, especially for supply of electrical power or communication; as, to wire an office for networking the computers; to wire a building with 220-Volt current.

3. Wireverb

   to equip with an electronic system for eavesdropping; to bug; as, to wire the office of a mob boss; to wire an informant so as to record his conversations.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wirenoun

   Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

2. wirenoun

   A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable

3. wirenoun

   A metal conductor that carries electricity.

4. wirenoun

   A fence made of usually barbed wire.

5. wirenoun

   A finish line of a racetrack.

6. wirenoun

   A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram

7. wirenoun

   A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

8. wirenoun

   A deadline or critical endpoint.

   This election is going to go right to the wire

9. wirenoun

   A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

10. wireverb

    To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

    We need to wire that hole in the fence.

11. wireverb

    To string on a wire.

    wire beads

12. wireverb

    To equip with wires for use with electricity.

13. wireverb

    To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

    I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

14. wireverb

    To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.

    Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.

15. wireverb

    To make someone tense or psyched-up.

    I'm never going to sleep I'm completely wired from all that coffee.

16. wireverb

    To install eavesdropping equipment.

    We wired the suspect's house.

17. Etymology: wīr, from Proto-Germanic *wĩraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wei- ('to turn,' 'to twist,' 'to plait'). Cognate with Swedish vira ('to twist'), Latin vieo, viere ('to weave together'), Welsh gwyr ('bent'), and Greek ίρις ('rainbow').

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WIREnoun

   Etymology: virer, French, to draw round. Stephen Skinner

   Metal drawn into slender threads.

   Tane was the damsel; and without remorse
   The king condemn’d her, guiltless, to the fire:
   Her vail and mantle pluckt they off by force,
   And bound her tender arms in twisted wire. Edward Fairfax.

   Thou shalt be whipt with wire, and stew’d in brine,
   Smarting in ling’ring pickle. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   The soldier, that man of iron,
   Whom ribs of horror all environ,
   That’s strong with wire instead of veins,
   In whose embraces you’re in chains. Francis Beaumont.

   And the cherubick host, in thousand quires,
   Touch their immortal harps of golden wires. John Milton.

   Some roll a mighty stone, some laid along,
   And, bound with burning wires, on spokes of wheels are hung. John Dryden, Æn.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wire

   A wire is a thin, cylindrical strand or rod of flexible metal material designed for carrying electricity or maintaining stable electrical connections between devices. It can also be used in various other fields such as crafting, telecommunications, construction, and manufacturing. Wires can be made from different materials like copper, aluminum, and steel, among others, and come in various sizes and lengths depending on their purpose.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wirenoun

   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. Wirenoun

   a telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire

3. Wireverb

   to bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors

4. Wireverb

   to put upon a wire; as, to wire beads

5. Wireverb

   to snare by means of a wire or wires

6. Wireverb

   to send (a message) by telegraph

7. Wireverb

   to pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream

8. Wireverb

   to send a telegraphic message

9. Etymology: [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. vrr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. 141.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wire

   A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Standard sizes are determined by various wire gauges. The term wire is also used more loosely to refer to a bundle of such strands, as in 'multistranded wire', which is more correctly termed a wire rope in mechanics, or a cable in electricity. Although usually circular in cross-section, wire can be made in square, hexagonal, flattened rectangular, or other cross-sections, either for decorative purposes, or for technical purposes such as high-efficiency voice coils in loudspeakers. Edge-wound coil springs, such as the Slinky toy, are made of special flattened wire.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wire

   wīr, n. a thread of metal: the metal thread used in telegraphy, &c.: the string of an instrument: the slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds: a telegram: (slang) a clever pickpocket: (Shak.) the lash, scourge.—adj. formed of wire.—v.t. to bind, snare, or supply with wire: to keep the ends of a broken bone together with wire: to send by telegraph.—v.i. to telegraph.—n. Wire′-bridge, a suspension-bridge.—adj. Wired, having wiry feathers.—n. Wire′-dan′cer, a performer on a tight wire.—v.t. Wire′-draw, to draw into wire: to draw or spin out to a great length: to strain or stretch the meaning of anything.—ns. Wire′drawer; Wire′drawing.—adj. Wire′drawn, spun out into needless fine distinctions.—ns. Wire′-gauze, a kind of stiff close fabric made of fine wire; Wire′-grass, a kind of fine meadow-grass; Wire′-guard, wire-netting placed in front of a fire; Wire′-heel, a defect or disease of the foot; Wire′-man, one who puts up or takes care of wires; Wire′-net′ting, Wire′work, a texture of wire woven in the form of a net; Wire′-pull′er, one who exercises an influence felt but not seen, as if the actors were his puppets and he pulled the wires that move them: an intriguer; Wire′-pull′ing; Wī′rer, a snarer; Wire′-rope, a rope of twisted iron or steel.—adj. Wire′-sewed, -stitched, sewed with wire instead of thread.—ns. Wire′way, transportation by means of wires; Wire′work, articles made of wire; Wire′worker; Wire′working; Wire′-worm, a name given to the larvæ of click-beetles, from their slenderness and uncommon hardness, very injurious to root, grain, and fodder crops.—adj. Wire′wove, denoting a fine glazed quality of writing-paper.—adv. Wī′rily.—n. Wī′riness, the state of being wiry.—adj. Wī′ry, made of, or like, wire: flexible and strong.—Wire away, or in, to act with vigour.—Pull the wires (see Wire-puller above). [A.S. wír; Ice. vírr; perh. conn. with L. viriæ, bracelets.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WIRE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wire is ranked #19306 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wire surname appeared 1,402 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wire.
   
   91.8% or 1,288 total occurrences were White.
   4.2% or 60 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 21 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Equip
   • Fasten
   • Finishing Line
   • Ligament
   • String
   • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wire' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4340

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wire' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3186

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wire' in Nouns Frequency: #1414

Anagrams for wire »

1. weir

2. weri

How to pronounce wire?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wire in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of wire in a Sentence

1. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   It looks like there could be four, maybe five battalions ... the point of these formations is to act as a trip wire, it isn't intended to be aggressive.

2. Maria Lozbin:

   My husband had wanted to come back to his homeland all his life, he came back when it was all closed here, when it was prohibited to come here. He crossed through barbed wire.

3. Donald Trump:

   When I said wiretapping, it was in quotes. Because a wiretapping is, you know, today it is different than wire tapping. It is just a good description. But wiretapping was in quotes. What I'm talking about is surveillance.

4. Zeid Raad al-Hussein:

   The notion of ghost ships drifting on autopilot toward the coasts of Europe in the hopes that coast guards will rescue the people on board and the hideous sight of men and women tearing their flesh on barbed-wire fences in a desperate, and sometimes lethal, attempt to clamber into Europe and find a better, more peaceful life: Such scenes are simply intolerable.

5. Peggy Schaffer:

   We could be looking at a substantial amount of money that will not only run wire by people's houses but also make sure they can afford the connection and know how to use it, the pandemic really ripped off the cover. The internet is an integral part of our civic, economic and social lives. It's the great equalizer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wire
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=wire
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wire
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wire
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wire
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wire
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wire
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html