Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
Definition: A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
Definition: A metal conductor that carries electricity.
Definition: A fence made of usually barbed wire.
Definition: A finish line of a racetrack.
Definition: A telecommunication wire or cable
Definition: (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
Definition: A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
Definition: A deadline or critical endpoint.
Example: This election is going to go right to the wire
Definition: A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
Definition: (usually in the plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
Example: to pull the wires for office
Definition: (thieves’ slang) A pickpocket who targets women.
Definition: A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
Definition: A knitting needle.
Definition: The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
verb
Definition: To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
Example: We need to wire that hole in the fence.
Definition: To string on a wire.
Example: wire beads
Definition: To equip with wires for use with electricity.
Example: Do you know how to wire a plug?
Definition: To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
Example: I’ll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
Definition: (usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone’s personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
Example: There’s no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That’s just the way she’s wired.
Definition: To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
Example: The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.
Definition: To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
Example: Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.
Definition: To install eavesdropping equipment.
Example: We wired the suspect’s house.
Definition: To snare by means of a wire or wires.
Definition: To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.