wire
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Old English wīr < Proto-Germanic *wiraz < 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').
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wire (countable and uncountable; plural wires)
- (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
- A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
- A metal conductor that carries electricity.
- A fence made of usually barbed wire.
- (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
- (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
- (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
- (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
- This election is going to go right to the wire
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- (thin thread of metal): cable, steel wire, thread
- (metal conductor that carries electricity): conducting wire
- (fencing made of usually barbed wire): barbed wire
- (informal: telegraph): See telegraph
- (informal: message transmitted by telegraph): See telegram
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Terms derived from the noun "wire"
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thin thread of metal
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metal conductor that carries electricity
fence made of usually barbed wire
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slang: hidden listening device on the person
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to wire (third-person singular simple present wires, present participle wiring, simple past and past participle wired)
- To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
- We need to wire that hole in the fence.
- To string on a wire.
- wire beads
- To equip with wires for use with electricity.
- 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.
- (informal) 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.
- To make someone tense or psyched-up.
- I'm never going to sleep – I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
- (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
- We wired the suspects house.
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- (to equip for use with electricity): electrify
- (informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system): cable, telegraph
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- (to fasten with wire): unwire
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to fasten with wire
to equip with wires for use with electricity
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to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring
informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
