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wire (w

1. 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.

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

3. Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness.

4. An open telephone connection.

5. Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.

a. A telegraph service.

b. A telegram or cablegram.

7. A wire service.

8. Computer Science A pin in the print head of a computer printer.

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

10. Sports The finish line of a racetrack.

11. wires

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

b. Hidden controlling influences.

12. Slang A pickpocket.

13. Fencing made of usually barbed wire.

v. wired, wir·ing, wires

v.tr.

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

2. To string (beads, for example) on wire.

3. To equip with a system of electrical wires.

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

5. To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.

6. To send a telegram to.

7. Computer Science To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.

8. To determine or put into effect by physiological or neurological mechanisms; hard-wire: "It is plausible that the basic organization of grammar is wired into the child's brain" Steven Pinker.

v.intr.

To send a telegram.

Idioms:

down to the wire Informal

To the very end, as in a race or contest.

under the wire

1. Sports At the finish line.

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

[Middle English, from Old English wr; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

wira·ble adj.

wire

Noun

1. a slender flexible strand of metal

2. a length of this used to carry electric current in a circuit

3. a long continuous piece of wire or cable connecting points in a telephone or telegraph system

4. Old-fashioned informal a telegram

Verb

[wiring, wired]

1. to fasten with wire

2. to equip (an electrical system, circuit, or component) with wires

3. Informal to send a telegram to

4. to send by telegraph: they wired the money for a train ticket [Old English wīr]

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Noun	1.	wire - ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc baling wire - wire used to make bales barbed wire, barbwire - strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage haywire - wire for tying up bales of hay ligament - any connection or unifying bond piano wire - thin steel wire of high tensile strength trip wire - a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over
	2.	wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance conducting wire conductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. filament - a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead, lead - a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" lead-in - wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line patchcord - a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard telegraph line, telegraph wire, telephone line, telephone wire - the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
	3.	wire - the finishing line on a racetrack finish line, finishing line - a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
	4.	wire - a message transmitted by telegraph telegram message - a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message" cable, cablegram, overseas telegram - a telegram sent abroad letter telegram - a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day night letter - a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day
Verb	1.	wire - provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house" equip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" rewire - provide with new wiring; "the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets"
	2.	wire - send cables, wires, or telegrams cable, telegraph telegraphy - communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire telecommunicate - communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
	3.	wire - fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support" fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" unwire - undo the wiring of
	4.	wire - string on a wire; "wire beads" string, thread, draw - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
	5.	wire - equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance" electrify adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"