wire

Definitions of wire in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

noun - the finishing line on a racetrack

noun - a message transmitted by telegraph

verb - provide with electrical circuits

verb - send cables, wires, or telegrams

verb - fasten with wire

verb - string on a wire

verb - equip for use with electricity

A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.

A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.

Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness.

An open telephone connection.

A hidden microphone, as on a person’s body or in a building.

A telegraph service.

A telegram or cablegram.

A pin in the print head of a computer printer.

The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.

The finish line of a racetrack.

The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.

Hidden controlling influences.

A pickpocket.

Fencing made of usually barbed wire.

To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.

To string (beads, for example) on wire.

To equip with a system of electrical wires.

To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).

To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.

To send a telegram.

At the finish line.

Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.

adj - to fasten with wire (a slender rod, strand, or thread of ductile metal) [v WIRED, WIRING, WIRES] : WIRABLE

WIRE - A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads or electricity and telecommunicatio...