metal in the form of a flexible thread or slender rod
a line of wire, usu insulated, for conducting electrical current
a telephone or telegraph wire or system
informal, dated a telegram or cablegram
a barrier or fence of barbed wire
(used before a noun) made of wire
a wire fence
pull the wires
NAmer, informal to control a situation; to have great influence
the woman behind the president pulling the wires
to the wire
chiefly NAmer, informal said of a situation or contest that remains undecided until the last moment
under the wire
chiefly NAmer, informal only just in time
wirelike adj
[Old English wīr]