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wire /wīr/

noun
  1. Metal drawn out to a narrow flexible strand or thread
  2. A length of this for any of various purposes
  3. A length of this usu enclosed in insulating material, used for carrying an electric current
  4. (sometimes in pl) the cable connecting point with point in a telecommunications system
  5. The telephone (old informal)
  6. A telegram or telegraph (informal, esp US)
  7. Information (slang, esp US)
  8. A warning or tip-off (slang, esp US)
  9. A portable recording device (slang, esp US)
  10. A metallic string of a musical instrument
  11. A metal knitting needle (Scot)
  12. A pickpocket (slang)
  13. A lash made of wire (Shakespeare)
  14. A fence made of wire
  15. A wire stretched over or across the starting and finishing line on a racetrack, hence esp the finishing line itself (orig US)
adjective
  1. Formed of or using wire
  2. Running on wire
  3. Relating to wiredrawing
transitive verb
  1. To bind, support, protect, snare or fit with wire
  2. To supply (a building) with wires for carrying electricity
  3. To connect up (an electrical apparatus) with wires, ready for use (with up)
  4. To supply (an area) with fibre-optic cables for the reception of cable television
  5. To send a telegram to, or send (a message) by telegram
  6. To place (a croquet ball) where a hoop hampers it
intransitive verb

To send a telegram

ORIGIN: OE wīr; ON vīrr (combining form)

wired adjective

  1. Supplied or secured with wire
  2. (also wired up) taking drugs (slang)
  3. In a tense, nervous state (slang)
  4. Connected to the Internet (informal)

wireˈless adjective

  1. Without, or lacking, a wire or wires
  2. Of or relating to telegraphy or telephony without wires
noun (old)
  1. Short for wireless telegraphy or telephony, signalling through space without the use of conducting wires between transmitter and receiver, by means of electromagnetic waves generated by high-frequency alternating currents
  2. A receiving or transmitting set used for this purpose
  3. A message or broadcast transmitted in this way (wireless station a station used for such transmission)
  4. Broadcast programmes or broadcasting generally
transitive verb and intransitive verb (old)

To communicate by radio

wīˈrer noun

Someone who wires, or who uses wire, eg to snare animals

wīˈrily adverb

wīˈriness noun

wīˈring noun

  1. The complex of wires in an electrical system or installation
  2. The act of securing with, equipping with, or communicating by, wire

wīˈry adjective

  1. Made of or resembling wire
  2. Flexible and strong
  3. (of hair) coarse and wavy
  4. (of a person) of slight build but strong and agile

wire bar noun (metallurgy)

Copper of a high purity cast into a tapered ingot and used to produce copper wire

wire bird noun

The St Helena plover, named from the wire grass that is its habitat

wire bridge noun

A suspension bridge

wire brush noun

  1. A brush with wire bristles, for cleaning rust off metal, dirt off suede shoes, etc
  2. A brush with long bristles which are scraped against drums or cymbals

wire cloth noun

Closely-woven wire mesh

wireˈ-dancer noun

A performer on a tight wire

wireˈ-dancing noun

wired glass noun

Glass in which a wire mesh has been incorporated during rolling as a resistance against fire and explosion blast

wireˈdraw transitive verb

  1. To draw into wire by pulling through successively smaller holes in a hard steel dieblock
  2. To throttle a fluid by passing it through a small orifice, thus reducing the pressure
  3. To draw or spin out to a great length
  4. To strain the meaning of

wireˈdrawer noun

wireˈdrawing noun

wireˈdrawn adjective

Spun out into needless fine distinctions

wired wireless noun

The transmission of signals by means of electromagnetic waves guided by conductors, the frequencies being of the same order as those used for radio communication

wire fraud noun (US law)

Fraud committed by means of electronic communications

wire gauge noun

  1. A disc or plate with graded indents representing standard sizes, in which to measure the diameter of wire
  2. Any system for designating the diameter of wires by means of a set of numbers
  3. The diameter of a particular piece of wire

wire gauze noun

A kind of stiff close fabric made of fine wire

wire glass noun

Glass reinforced with an embedded sheet or wire mesh

wire grass noun

  1. A kind of fine meadow grass (Poa compressa)
  2. Any of various other grasses with wiry stems

wire guard noun

A guard made of wire netting for placing in front of a fire

wireˈ-guided adjective

(of a missile) controlled by signals transmitted through fine wires which are connected to the control box and uncoiled during flight

wireˈ-hair noun

A wire-haired terrier

wireˈ-haired adjective

(of an animal) having a coat of rather rough, hard hair

wire-haired terrier noun

A fox terrier with this kind of coat

wireˈ-heel noun

In horses and cattle, a defect or disease of the foot

wire line noun

One of the close-set lines in laid paper, perpendicular to the waterlines or chain lines, visible by transmitted light

wireˈman noun

  1. A telegraph fitter or electrician who installs or maintains wires
  2. An expert at wiretapping (informal)
  3. A journalist sending wires for a telegraphic news agency (informal)

wire nail noun

A common type of nail, round or elliptical in cross-section, cut from steel wire

wire netting noun

A texture of galvanized wire woven in the form of a net

wireˈphoto noun

A photograph sent over a wire circuit by electrical means

wireˈpuller noun

  1. Someone who exercises an influence felt but not seen
  2. An intriguer or manipulator

wireˈpulling noun

wire rope noun

A rope made of twisted wire

wire service noun (chiefly N American)

An agency that supplies news to radio or TV stations, newspapers, etc

wireˈ-sewn or wireˈ-stitched adjective

(of booklets, etc) stapled with wire rather than sewn with thread

wireˈ-stringed adjective

wireˈstripper noun

A tool for stripping the protective insulation from electrical wires

wireˈtap transitive verb

To tap (a telephone) or the telephone of

wireˈtapper noun

wireˈtapping noun

wireˈ-walker noun

A wire-dancer

wireˈway noun

  1. An enclosed channel, duct or conduit for wires
  2. Channelling of wires thus

wire wheel noun

A wheel, esp on a sports car, etc, in which the rim is connected to the hub by wire spokes

wire wool noun

A mass of very fine wire for scouring

wireˈwork noun

  1. The making of wire or of objects of wire
  2. Articles or fabric made of wire

wireˈworker noun

wireˈworking noun

wireˈworm noun

A hard-bodied wormlike larva of the click beetle, destructive to plant roots

wireˈwove adjective

Denoting a fine quality of writing paper (see wove)

down to the wire (informal)

As far as the finishing post, up to the very last moment

get one's wires crossed (informal)

To misunderstand or be confused about something

give (someone) the wire (chiefly military)

To give advance information

pull the wires

To pull strings, exert an unseen influence

under the wire (chiefly N American informal)

At the last minute

wire away or in (old informal)

To act or work with vigour

wire into (old informal)

To eat vigorously and assiduously

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