Wire

Quick meaning: Wire is a noun meaning (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

Meaning

(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

More Meanings

1. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
2. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
3. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
4. (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
5. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
6. (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
7. (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

Example Sentences

That wire powers the lamp.

This election is going to go right to the wire

Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool

The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.

Word Forms

• wires
• wiring
• wired

Synonyms for wire

Depending on context, synonyms include cable, thread, telegraph, telegram, electrify.

Antonyms for wire

Common opposites include unwire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cable, electrify, telegraph, telegram, duct, cabling.

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