WIRE
\wˈa͡ɪ͡ə], \wˈaɪə], \w_ˈaɪə]\
Definitions of WIRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
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equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
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ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
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the finishing line on a racetrack
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fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
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string on a wire; "wire beads"
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provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house"
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
By Princeton University
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a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
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equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
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provide with electrical circuits, as of a house or a car
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ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
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the finishing line on a racetrack
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fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
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string on a wire, as of beads
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The string of a musical instrument.
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
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The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;
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the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office.
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One who picks women's pockets.
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A knitting needle.
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A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.
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To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
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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.
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A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
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To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
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To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
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To snare by means of a wire or wires.
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To send (a message) by telegraph.
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To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
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To send a telegraphic message.
By Oddity Software
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The string of a musical instrument.
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
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The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;
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the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office.
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One who picks women's pockets.
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A knitting needle.
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A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.
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To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
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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.
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A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
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To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
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To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
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To snare by means of a wire or wires.
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To send (a message) by telegraph.
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To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
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To send a telegraphic message.
By Noah Webster.
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The string of a musical instrument.
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To furnish with wire; fasten with wire.
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A slender strand or thread of metal, formed by drawing through dies or holes.
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A telegraphic system using wires; a telegram.
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A secret means of influence; as, to pull the wires.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A thread of metal; a telegraph wire or cable; colloquially, a telegram.
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To bind with wire; stiffen with wire; thread on wire; colloquially, to send a message to by telegraph.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A threat of metal: any metalic substance drawn to an even thread of slender rod of uniform diameter by being passed between grooved rollers or drawn through holes in a plate of steel, etc. Wire is usually cylindrical, but it is also made of various other forms, as oval, half-round, square, and triangular, and or more complicated shapes for small pinions, for forming the pattern on blocks for calico-printing, and for other purposes. The term wire has also a collective signification, being frequently used to designate a quantity of metallic threads. The metals most commonly drawn into wire are gold, silver, copper, and iron; but the finest wire is made from platina. Used absolutely for telegraph wire; and hence, the telegraph; as, send on order per wire. "In India the wild beasta and monkeys destroy or play upon the wires, which are perhaps recording at the time a minute on Education."-W. H. Russell.
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To bind with wire; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors: to put upon a wire; as, to wire beads: to snare by means of a wire; as, to wire a bird: in teleg. to send by telegraph, as a message; to telegraph; as, wire a reply.
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To flow in currents as thin as wire, to communicate by means of the telegraph; to telegraph; as, I wired immediately on arrival.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
