Definitions
1.verbTo fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing."We need to wire that hole in the fence."
2.verbTo string on a wire."wire beads"
3.verbTo equip with wires for use with electricity."Do you know how to wire a plug?"
4.verbTo add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something."I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."
5.verb(usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way."There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired."
6.verbTo send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph."The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station."
7.verbTo make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired."Coffee late at night wires me good and proper."
8.verbTo install eavesdropping equipment."We wired the suspect's house."
9.verbTo snare by means of a wire or wires.
10.verbTo place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
11.nounA mass of electric wires.