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1.NounMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
2.NounA piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
3.NounA metal conductor that carries electricity."That wire powers the lamp."
4.NounA fence made of usually barbed wire.
5.NounA finish line of a racetrack.
6.NounA telecommunication wire or cable.
7.NounAn electric telegraph; a telegram.
8.NounA hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
9.NounA deadline or critical endpoint."This election is going to go right to the wire"
10.NounA wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
11.NounAny 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."to pull the wires for office"
12.NounA pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
13.NounA covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
14.NounA knitting needle.
15.NounThe slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
16.NounClipping of wire service and/or newswire."Breaking news reports have just come in to us over the wire."
17.VerbTo fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing."We need to wire that hole in the fence."
18.VerbTo string on a wire."wire beads"
19.VerbTo equip with wires for use with electricity."Do you know how to wire a plug?"
20.VerbTo 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."I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."
21.VerbTo add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring."I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."
22.VerbTo add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
23.VerbTo 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).
24.VerbTo set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way."There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired."
25.VerbTo send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph."Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.; The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station."
26.VerbTo make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired."Coffee late at night wires me good and proper."
27.VerbTo install eavesdropping equipment."We wired the suspect's house."
28.VerbTo snare by means of a wire or wires.
29.VerbTo place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.