Canadian English Meaning of wire

wire

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Definitions and Meaning of wire in English

Wordnet

wire (n)

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

a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

the finishing line on a racetrack

a message transmitted by telegraph

Wordnet

wire (v)

provide with electrical circuits

send cables, wires, or telegrams

fasten with wire

string on a wire

equip for use with electricity

Webster

wire (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.

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

The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;

the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office.

One who picks women's pockets.

A knitting needle.

A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.

Webster

wire (v. t.)

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

To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.

To snare by means of a wire or wires.

To send (a message) by telegraph.

To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Webster

wire (v. i.)

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

To send a telegraphic message.

FAQs About the word wire

wire

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc, a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance, the finishing line on

cable,cord,rope,Lace,line,string,guy,halyard,lace,lanyard

unbind,undo,unfasten,untie,untie,disentangle,Uncoil,unlace,untie,Unleash

wirche => Wirche, wirbling => warbling, wirbled => swirled, wirble => Wirble, wiping => Wiping,