wire Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
  2. noun a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
    conducting wire.
  3. noun the finishing line on a racetrack
  4. noun a message transmitted by telegraph
    telegram.
  5. verb provide with electrical circuits
    • wire the addition to the house
  6. verb send cables, wires, or telegrams
    telegraph; cable.
  7. verb fasten with wire
    • The columns were wired to the beams for support
  8. verb string on a wire
    • wire beads
  9. verb equip for use with electricity
    electrify.
    • electrify an appliance

WordNet

Wire noun
Etymology
OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. virr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. .
Definitions
  1. 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 is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers.
  2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. Colloq.
Wire transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Wired ; present participle & verbal noun Wiring
Definitions
  1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
  2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
  3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
  4. To send (a message) by telegraph. Colloq.
Wire intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. R. P. Fletcher.
  2. To send a telegraphic message. Colloq.

Webster 1913