Wire

Noun

 * 1)  Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
 * 2) A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
 * 3) A metal conductor that carries electricity.
 * 4) A fence made of usually barbed wire.
 * 5)  A finish line of a racetrack.
 * 6)  A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
 * 7)  A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
 * 8)  A deadline or critical endpoint.
 * This election is going to go right to the wire
 * 1)  A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

Synonyms

 * (thin thread of metal): cable, steel wire, thread
 * (metal conductor that carries electricity): conducting wire
 * (fencing made of usually barbed wire): barbed wire
 * (informal: telegraph): See telegraph
 * (informal: message transmitted by telegraph): See telegram
 * score string

Derived terms

 * baling wire
 * barbed wire, barbed-wire
 * be on the wire
 * by wire
 * chicken wire
 * down to the wire
 * earthing wire
 * get one’s wires crossed, have one’s wires crossed
 * guy wire/guy-wire


 * haywire
 * live wire
 * piano wire
 * pull wires
 * pull the wires
 * razor wire
 * trip wire
 * under the wire
 * wireless


 * wire broadcasting
 * wire clippers
 * wire cutter
 * wire entanglement
 * wire recorder
 * wire rope
 * wire transfer
 * wiretap
 * woven wire

Verb

 * 1) To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
 * We need to wire that hole in the fence.
 * 1) * 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 222:
 * I could see him in his plane flying low over the river or a reservoir, dropping the club out with a chunk of lead wired to the shaft.
 * 1) To string on a wire.
 * wire beads
 * 1) To equip with wires for use with electricity.
 * 2) To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
 * I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
 * 1)  To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.
 * Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
 * 1) To make someone tense or psyched-up.
 * I'm never going to sleep – I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
 * 1)  To install eavesdropping equipment.
 * We wired the suspect's house.

Synonyms

 * (to equip for use with electricity): electrify
 * (informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system): cable, telegraph

Antonyms

 * (to fasten with wire): unwire

Troponyms

 * (to fasten with wire): rewire
 * (to equip for use with electricity): rewire

Derived terms

 * wire away
 * wire in


 * wire into

Adjectives for Wire
vertical; braided; flaxen; silver; tattered; telephone; leased; old-fashioned; singing; magnetic; envious; flexible; gilded; cunning.

Verbs for Wire
base—; coat—; encase—; entwine—; fish with—; insulate—; tape—; —binds; — braces; —communicates with; —conveys; —electrifies; —furnishes; —hums; —reinforces ; —transmits; —vibrates.

Thesaurus
BX cable, Teletype, armored cable, band, bandage, battery cable, bell wire, belt, bend, bind, bind up, brace, braid, brail, bundle, cable, cablegram, cannon, chain, cinch, coaxial cable, cord, cutpurse, day letter, dip, diver, do up, electric cable, electric cord, fast telegram, flash, gird, girdle, girt, girth, highline, hookup wire, lace, lash, lead, leash, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, night letter, power line, radio, radiogram, rope, send a wire, sign off, sign on, splice, spun yarn, strap, string, swaddle, swathe, telegram, telegraph, telegraph line, telephone line, telex, tendon, thong, three-wire cable, tie, tie up, transmission line, triaxial cable, truss, twine, twist, underground cable, wire line, wrap, wrap up, yarn

Etymology
wīr < Proto-Germanic *wiraz < Proto-Indo-European *wei- ('to turn,' 'to twist,' 'to plait'). Cognate with Swedish vira ('to twist'), Latin vieo, viere ('to weave together'), Welsh gwyr ('bent'), and Greek ίρις ('rainbow').

Noun

 * Afrikaans: draad
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: سلك
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: hari
 * Bulgarian: жица (žitsa)
 * Catalan: filferro, fil d'aram
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 線, 线
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: drato
 * Finnish: lanka, metallilanka
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: nimissiaq
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 針金, 線
 * Korean: 철사 )鐵絲)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: تێل
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Ossetian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: alambre, hilo (1)
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan: cable
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 電線, 电线
 * Finnish: sähköjohto, johdin
 * German: Leitung
 * Greek: καλώδιο
 * Italian: filo elettrico,
 * Japanese: 電線


 * Korean: 전선 (電線)
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: draadheining
 * Finnish: piikkilanka-aita
 * Greek: συρματόπλεγμα
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 철조망 (鐵條網, cheoljomang)
 * Macedonian: бодликава жица
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: maalinauha
 * Italian: ,


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: målsnöre


 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:


 * Swahili:


 * : 铁丝 (tiěsī)
 * : తీగ (teega) (1), తంత్రి (taMtri) (2)
 * : Kabel

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:, fissare con filo metallico,  legare con filo metallico


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: fästa med ståltråd


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: electrificeren
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: stendere fili elettrici, installare impianto elettrico
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: collegare tramite cavo
 * Swahili:


 * Italian:


 * Italian:, ,  avere nervi a fior di pelle


 * Swahili:


 * Italian: installare microspie


 * Swahili:

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