wire
/wˈaɪɝ/noun, verb2 syllables
Wire means: send cables, wires, or telegrams.
Synonyms for wire5
Opposites of wire
unwire
What does wire mean?9
verb
1
send cables, wires, or telegrams
2
equip for use with electricity“electrify an appliance”
3
provide with electrical circuits“wire the addition to the house”
4
fasten with wire“The columns were wired to the beams for support”
5
string on a wire“wire beads”
noun
1
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
2
a message transmitted by telegraph
3
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
4
the finishing line on a racetrack
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with wire?21
Wire in a sentence
- Lukas pushed himself through the barbed wire, getting injured.Amastan
- If you touch that wire, you will receive a shock.CM
- If you touch that wire, you'll get a shock.CK
- The tall, curved fence was adorned with barbed wire, for extra measure.swolesuki
- To get there, we had to jump over a massive barbed wire fence.ddnktr
- Yanni always recommends using this type of wire.Amastan
- Yanni used a very small screwdriver to remove the wire.Amastan
- Send a wire to your father right now.Luornu
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of wire
as a noun
- plural
- wires
as a verb
- past tense
- wired
- present participle
- wiring
- third-person singular
- wires