wire

Plural: wires

Noun

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
the finishing line on a racetrack
a message transmitted by telegraph
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.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A telecommunication wire or cable.
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
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.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
A knitting needle.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
Clipping of wire service and/or newswire.

Verb

Verb Forms: wired, wiring, wires

To fasten, connect, or provide with wire.
provide with electrical circuits
- "wire the addition to the house"
send cables, wires, or telegrams
fasten with wire
- "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
string on a wire
- "wire beads"
equip for use with electricity
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 connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
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 wires.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Examples

Breaking news reports have just come in to us over the wire.
Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.
Do you know how to wire a plug?
He tried to WIRE together his disparate letters into a coherent Scrabble play.
I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
That wire powers the lamp.
The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.
There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.
This election is going to go right to the wire
Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
We need to wire that hole in the fence.
We wired the suspect's house.
wire beads

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

Synonyms

cable, conducting wire, electrify, telegram, telegraph, barbed wire, score string, steel wire, thread

Antonyms

unwire

Scrabble Score: 7

wire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

wire: valid Words With Friends Word