Etymology : Middle English, from Old English wIr; akin to Old High German wiara fine gold work, Latin viEre to plait, and probably to Greek iris rainbow
Pronunciation : wIr
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. metal strand, cord, line; string; barbed wire, wire fence; telegraph cable; telegram; telegraphic system; electronic listening device, wire-tapping device. fasten with wire; attach a wire; send a telegram; install an electronic listening device, install a wire-tapping device. made of a thin flexible cord of metal; resembling wire. wire\wire\, v. i.
2. to pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. [r.] fletcher.
3. to send a telegraphic message. [colloq.]wire \wire\ , n. [oe. wir, as. wir; akin to icel. vīrr, dan. vire, lg. wir, wire; cf. ohg. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to e. withy. .].
4. 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.note: wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers.
5. a telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [colloq.]wire bed,wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways.wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire.wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage.wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes.wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it.wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.wire gauge or.
6. 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.
7. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
8. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
9. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
10. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
11. To send by telegraph.
12. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
13. To send a telegraphic message.
14. 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.
15. One who picks women's pockets.
16. A knitting needle.
17. A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.
18. To place so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. 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 fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support" string on a wire; "wire beads" provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house" One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.
19. The act of one who, or that which, winnows.
20. A windrow.
21. Winsome.
22. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
23. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
24. The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner.
25. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
26. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
27. To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
28. To keep, fee.
29. 1. A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current. fine copper wire. gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls.
30. A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another. I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office. the voltage of the overhead wires. = cable.
31. If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it. learning to wire and plumb the house herself Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television. a badly wired appliance. Wire up means the same as wire. He was helping wire up the Channel Tunnel last season Wire the thermometers up to trigger off an alarm bell if the temperature drops.
32. A wire is the same as a telegram.
33. If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message. I'm wiring you some money They arranged to wire the money from the United States.
34. If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment. Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement. see also:
barbed wire, high wire, hot-wire, live wire.
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