wire
/waɪə(ɹ)/
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
- plural
- wires
Meanings
- 1
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die
The strong wind cut the electric wires in several places.
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Tom cut the wrong wire.
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- 2
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
- 3
A metal conductor that carries electricity
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A fence made of usually barbed wire
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A telecommunication wire or cable
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A finish line of a racetrackrare
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An electric telegraph; a telegramrare
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A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidencerare
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A deadline or critical endpointrare
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A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep scorerare