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Meaning of 'wire'
Meaning of 'wire' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Wire 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
2. Wire [ v. i.]
- To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a
tenuous stream. [ v. i.]- To send a telegraphic message.
3. Wire [ v. t.]
- To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to;
as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. [ v. t.]- To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
- To snare by means of a wire or wires.
- To send (a message) by telegraph.
Meaning of 'wire' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. wire [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- equip for use with electricity
- equip for use with electricity
Example in sentence:
- electrify an appliance
Meaning (2):
- fasten with wire
- fasten with wire
Example in sentence:
- The columns were wired to the beams for support
Meaning (3):
- string on a wire
- string on a wire
Example in sentence:
- wire beads
Meaning (4):
- provide with electrical circuits
- provide with electrical circuits
Example in sentence:
- wire the addition to the house
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