English English Dictionary
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Wire
(n.)
A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
Wire
(n.)
A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
Wire
(v. t.)
To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
Wire
(v. t.)
To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
Wire
(v. t.)
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
Wire
(v. t.)
To send (a message) by telegraph.
Wire
(v. i.)
To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
Wire
(v. i.)
To send a telegraphic message.