the wire

Definition of the wire in English English dictionary
wire: A deadline or critical endpoint
This election is going to go right to the wire.
wire: To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing
I could see him in his plane flying low over the river or a reservoir, dropping the club out with a chunk of lead wired to the shaft.
wire: To make someone tense or psyched-up
I'm never going to sleep – I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
wire: A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score
wire: To equip with wires for use with electricity
wire: A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence
wire: Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die
wire: A metal conductor that carries electricity
wire: To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph
Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
wire: {n} a metal drawn into small bars or threds
wire: A wire is the same as a telegram
wire: the finishing line on a racetrack
wire: provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house"
wire: To send (a message) by telegraph
wire: The vertical part of a hoop, and also describing the process of wiring
wire: to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something
wire: a message transmitted by telegraph
wire: Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant
wire: A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end
wire: The act of one who, or that which, winnows
wire: A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
wire: A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
wire: To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads
wire: A windrow
wire: If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message. I'm wiring you some money They arranged to wire the money from the United States
wire: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
wire: If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment. Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement. see also barbed wire, high wire, hot-wire, live wire
wire: The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner
wire: Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted
wire: Thin metal used to construct a belay; also what you send to the editors of the Guinness Book of Records when you have found the deepest cave in the world
wire: {i} metal strand, cord, line; string; barbed wire, wire fence; telegraph cable; cablegram; telegram; telegraphic system; electronic listening device, wire-tapping device; (Canada & USA) finishing line on a racecourse; pickpocket, one who steals from the pockets of others, cutpurse
wire: A finish line of a racetrack
wire: fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
wire: (1) A single piece of slender, flexible metal ranging in approximate size from a piece that is difficult to bend by hand to a fine thread (2) Several wires as in (1) twisted together (3) Wire as in (1) or (2) insulated
wire: To send a telegraphic message
wire: To keep, fee
wire: send cables, wires, or telegrams
wire: To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors
wire: ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
wire: If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it. learning to wire and plumb the house herself Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television. a badly wired appliance. Wire up means the same as wire. He was helping wire up the Channel Tunnel last season Wire the thermometers up to trigger off an alarm bell if the temperature drops
wire: The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year
wire: A wire is a slender rod or filament of drawn metal
wire: A metal product with a circular diameter that runs from 032 to 312" thick The products are usually produced in long continuous lengths and can be ordered cut to length or in a coil
wire: {f} fasten with wire; attach a wire; send a telegram; install an electronic listening device, install a wire-tapping device; send or transfer money electronically from one bank to another
wire: to string on a wire
wire: Wire payment
wire: ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance the finishing line on a racetrack fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
wire: {s} made of a thin flexible cord of metal; resembling wire
wire: To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot
wire: Electrical wire: physical object corresponding to a signal
wire: A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another. I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office. the voltage of the overhead wires. = cable
wire: A fence made of usually barbed wire
wire: A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current. fine copper wire. gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls
wire: To snare by means of a wire or wires
wire: Either copper, sterling silver, or gold-filled, can be used to wrap beads, string beads, or attach beads It comes in spools and the thickness is measured by gauge The higher the gauge, the thinner the wire
wire: The period of decay, old age, death, or the like
wire: To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida
wire: to equip for use with electricity
wire: Winsome
wire: To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream
wire: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
wire: 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: Set of connected edges Remark : The face restriction is composed by a set of wires, one for the extern boundary and one for each hole
wire: A knitting needle
wire: An endless belt woven of plastic or metal for use an the fourdrinier machine; forming fabric
wire: Cable that attaches glider to winch and provides the necessary pull Make sure you wear gloves when handling this stuff as it bites
wire: string on a wire; "wire beads"
wire: To install eavesdropping equipment
wire: Metal thread available in various diameters and various degrees of stiffness and is generally used in surgery to transfix fractured bone
wire: The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office
wire: A slender rod or filament of drawn metal
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wire: Flat belt of metal or plastic mesh on which the paper or board web is dewatered
wire: The moving "screen" at the wet end of a paper machine where the sheet is formed
wire: A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire
wire: One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine
wire: A generic term for an electrical conductor
wire: One who picks women's pockets