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Meaning
Noun
●
Metal
formed
into a
thin
, even
thread
, now usually by being
drawn
through a
hole
in a
steel
die.
●
A
piece
of such
material
; a
thread
or
slender
rod
of
metal
, a cable.
●
A
metal
conductor
that
carries
electricity.
●
A
fence
made of
usually
barbed
wire.
●
In Sports:
A
finish line
of a racetrack.
●
A
telecommunication
wire
or cable.
●
In Technology & Telegraphy:
An
electric
telegraph
; a telegram.
●
In Espionage:
A
hidden
listening
device
on the person of an
undercover
operative
for the
purposes
of
obtaining
incriminating
spoken evidence.
●
A
deadline
or
critical
endpoint.
●
In Billiards:
A
wire
strung
with
beads
and
hung
horizontally
above or
near
the
table
which
is used to
keep score.
●
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.
●
A
pickpocket
, especially one who
targets
women.
●
In Espionage:
A
covert
signal
sent between people
cheating
in a
card
game.
●
In Scottish English & Espionage:
A
knitting
needle.
●
The
slender
shaft
of the
plumage
of certain birds.
Verb
●
To
fasten
with
wire
, especially with
reference
to
wine bottles
,
corks
, or fencing.
●
To
string on
a wire.
●
To
equip
with
wires
for use with electricity.
●
To
connect
,
embed
,
incorporate
, or include (something) into (
something else
) by or
as if
by wires:
To
add
(something) into a system (especially an
electrical
system)
by means of
wiring.
To
add
or
connect
(something) into a system
as if
with
wires
(
for example
, with nerves).
To
connect
,
involve
or
embed
(something)
deeply
or
intimately
into (
something else
, such as an organization or political
scene
), so that it is
plugged in
(to that
thing
) (“
keeping up with
current information about (
the thing
)”) or has
insinuated
itself into (
the thing
).
●
To set or
predetermine
(someone's
personality
or
behaviour
, or an organization's
culture
) in a particular way.
●
To
send
a
message
or
monetary
funds
to another person through a
telecommunications
system, formerly
predominantly
by telegraph.
●
To make someone
tense
or
psyched up
. See also
adjective
wired.
●
To
install
eavesdropping
equipment.
●
To
snare
by means of
a
wire
or
wire
s.
●
In Croquet:
To place (a
ball
) so that the
wire
of a
wicket
prevents
a
successful
shot.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
wire
English
wīr
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Cable
Thread
Telegraph
Telegram
Electrify
Conducting Wire
Barbed Wire
Score String
Antonyms
Unwire
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