Meanings:
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.
noun
Definition: A mass of electric wires.