wire
wire
(wīr) noun
1.
A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.
2.
A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.
3.
Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness.
4.
An open telephone connection.
5.
Slang. A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.
6. a. A telegraph service. b. A telegram or cablegram.
7. Computer Science. A pin in the print head of a computer printer.
8. The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.
9. Sports. The finish line of a racetrack.
10. wires a. The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show. b. Hidden controlling influences.
11. Slang. A pickpocket.
12. Fencing made of usually barbed wire.
verb
wired, wiring, wires
verb
, transitive
1.
To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.
2.
To string (beads, for example) on wire.
3.
To equip with a system of electrical wires.
4.
Slang. To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
5. To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.
6. To send a telegram to.
verb
, intransitive
To send a telegram.
idiom.
down to the wire Informal
To the very end, as in a race or contest.
under the wire
1.
Sports. At the finish line.
2. Informal. Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
[Middle English, slender metal rod, from Old English wīr.]
wir
ʹable adjective