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wire
n. metal strand, cord, line; string; barbed wire, wire fence; telegraph cable; cablegram; telegram; telegraphic system; electronic listening device, wire-tapping device; (Canada & USA) finishing line on a racecourse; pickpocket, one who steals from the pockets of others, cutpurse
 
v. fasten with wire; attach a wire; send a telegram; install an electronic listening device, install a wire-tapping device; send or transfer money electronically from one bank to another
 
adj. made of a thin flexible cord of metal; resembling wire


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Wire
A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, elongated strand of drawn metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications . 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 cable.
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Wire (disambiguation)
Wire(s) or Wired may refer to: Wire, a strand of drawn metal used especially in electrical conductorsWire transfer, for transferring moneyWire (band), a British post-punk bandThe Wire (magazine), a British music magazineThe Wire (TV series), an American TV series on HBO"The Wire" (DS9 episode), an episode of the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"The Wire" (Curb Your Enthusiasm episode), a season 1 episode of Curb Your EnthusiasmThe Wire, a Doctor Who villain from the episode "The Idiot's Lantern"Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE), a spacecraft intended to produce an infrared survey of the entire skyNSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES), an animal welfare organisation in Australia."Wires" (song), a song by British rock band Athlete, from their second album TouristBarbed wireBarbed tape ("Razor wire")Electrical wiringSolid wireStranded wire
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Wire
Wire a slender, elongated, flexible structure of metal. Kirschner wire a steel wire for skeletal transfixion of fractured bones and for obtaining [more]Wire - Community and Resources

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wire
Noun
1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
(hypernym) ligament
(hyponym) baling wire
2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
(synonym) conducting wire
(hypernym) conductor
(hyponym) filament
3. the finishing line on a racetrack
(hypernym) finishing line, finish line
4. a message transmitted by telegraph
(synonym) telegram
(hypernym) message
(hyponym) cable, cablegram, overseas telegram
(derivation) cable, telegraph
Verb
1. provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house"
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit
(hyponym) rewire
(derivation) conducting wire
2. send cables, wires, or telegrams
(synonym) cable, telegraph
(hypernym) telecommunicate
(derivation) telegram
(classification) telegraphy
3. fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
(antonym) unwire
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
4. string on a wire; "wire beads"
(hypernym) string, thread, draw
5. equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
(synonym) electrify
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(derivation) conducting wire


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Wire
(v. t.)
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
  
 
(v. t.)
To send (a message) by telegraph.
  
 
(v. t.)
To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
  
 
(v. t.)
To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
  
 
(v. i.)
To send a telegraphic message.
  
 
(v. i.)
To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
  

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