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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wire /waɪr/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., wired, wir•ing. n. - Metallurgya thin, slender, threadlike piece of metal: [uncountable]a piece of wire.[countable]copper wires.
- Electricity[countable] a length of such metal used to conduct current in electrical, cable, telegraph, or telephone systems.
- Telecommunications, Informal Terms
- [countable] a telegram:Send him a wire.
- [uncountable] a telegraphic system:Send the message by wire.
- Sport[countable] the finish line of a racetrack.
adj. [before a noun] - Buildingmade of wire.
v. - Building to equip or furnish with wire:[~ + object]to wire a building with new electrical outlets.
- Telecommunicationsto send (a message) to (someone) by telegraph: [~ + object + to + object]to wire a message to headquarters.[~ + object + object]to wire her the news.[~ (+ object) + that clause]to wire (her) that she won the prize.
- Radio and Television[~ + object] to connect (a receiver, neighborhood, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received.
- to connect (a room, telephone, etc.) to equipment so as to enable listening to or recording conversations secretly;
to bug:[~ + object]The spies assumed (that) their house was wired.
Idioms- Idioms, Sport down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end.
- Idioms under the wire, just within the limit or deadline.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wire (wīər),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., wired, wir•ing. n. - Building, Metallurgya slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Buildingsuch pieces as a material.
- Building, Electricitya length of such material, consisting either of a single filament or of several filaments woven or twisted together and usually insulated with a dielectric material, used as a conductor of electricity.
- a cross wire or a cross hair.
- Buildinga barbed-wire fence.
- Telecommunicationsa long wire or cable used in cable, telegraph, or telephone systems.
- Nauticala wire rope.
- Telecommunications, Informal Terms[Informal.]
- a telegram.
- the telegraphic system:to send a message by wire.
- wires, a system of wires by which puppets are moved.
- a metallic string of a musical instrument.
- Slang Terms[Underworld Slang.]the member of a pickpocket team who picks the victim's pocket. Cf. stall 2 (def. 5).
- Sport[Horse Racing.]a wire stretched across and above the track at the finish line, under which the horses pass.
- Birds[Ornith.]one of the extremely long, slender, wirelike filaments or shafts of the plumage of various birds.
- a metal device for snaring rabbits and other small game.
- Printing[Papermaking.]the woven wire mesh over which the wet pulp is spread in a papermaking machine.
- down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end, as in a race or competition:The candidates campaigned down to the wire.
- Informal Terms pull wires, to use one's position or influence to obtain a desired result:to pull wires to get someone a job.
- Telecommunications the wire, the telephone:There's someone on the wire for you.
- under the wire, just within the limit or deadline;
scarcely;
barely:to get an application in under the wire.
adj. - Buildingmade of wire;
consisting of or constructed with wires. - Buildingresembling wire;
wirelike.
v.t. - Buildingto furnish with wires.
- Electricityto install an electric system of wiring in, as for lighting.
- Buildingto fasten or bind with wire:He wired the halves together.
- to put on a wire, as beads.
- Telecommunicationsto send by telegraph, as a message:Please wire the money at once.
- Telecommunicationsto send a telegraphic message to:She wired him to come at once.
- to snare by means of a wire.
- Electronicsto equip with a hidden electronic device, as an eavesdropping device or an explosive.
- Radio and Televisionto connect (a receiver, area, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received.
- Informal Termsto be closely connected or involved with:a law firm wired into political circles.
- Informal Termsto prepare, equip, fix, or arrange to suit needs or goals:The sales force was wired for an all-out effort.
- Games[Croquet.]to block (a ball) by placing it behind the wire of an arch.
v.i. - Telecommunicationsto send a telegraphic message;
telegraph:Don't write; wire.
- bef. 900; Middle English wir(e) (noun, nominal), Old English wīr; cognate with Low German wīr, Old Norse vīra- wire, Old High German wiara fine goldwork
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