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Meaning of wire in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈwaɪ(ə)r/

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  1. Verb

    wire

    Definitions

    1. provide with electrical circuits

    Examples

    • « wire the addition to the house »

    Derived terms

    • conducting wire
    • wireman
    • wirer
    • wiring
  2. 2. send cables, wires, or telegrams

    Derived terms

    • cable
    • cablegram
    • overseas telegram
    • telegram
    • telegraph
    • telegrapher
    • telegraphist
    • telegraphy
    • telegraph operator
    • wirer
  3. 3. fasten with wire

    Examples

    • « The columns were wired to the beams for support »

    Antonyms

    • unwire
  4. 4. string on a wire

    Examples

    • « wire beads »
  5. 5. equip for use with electricity

    Examples

    • « electrify an appliance »

    Derived terms

    • conducting wire
    • electrical energy
    • electricity
    • electrification
    • wireman
    • wirer
    • wiring
  6. Noun

    wire

    Etymology

    Old English wīr; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere‘plait, weave’

    Definitions

    1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
  7. 2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

    Derived terms

    • electrify
  8. 3. the finishing line on a racetrack
  9. 4. a message transmitted by telegraph

    Derived terms

    • cable
    • telegraph

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    Jo Nesbo
  • « Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. »
    Ronald Reagan
  • « Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking. »
    Emeril Lagasse
  • « Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. »
    Thomas Hood
  • « Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. »
    Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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