[ US /ˈwaɪɝ, ˈwaɪɹ/ ]
[ UK /wˈa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
VERB
  1. equip for use with electricity
    electrify an appliance
  2. string on a wire
    wire beads
  3. fasten with wire
    The columns were wired to the beams for support
  4. provide with electrical circuits
    wire the addition to the house
  5. send cables, wires, or telegrams
NOUN
  1. a message transmitted by telegraph
  2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
  3. the finishing line on a racetrack
  4. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
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How To Use wire In A Sentence

  • Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
  • Remove all traces of rust with a small wire brush.
  • Using wire transmission, with long service life, and not sticky paste, silk or nylon thread transmission can be equipped with water-hao to justice system.
  • The Bedroom In The Sky is three-quarters windowed and the last window blocked off with a hardboard offcut insulated, floored, plasterboarded, plumbed and wired. April 1st, 2007
  • He saluted and adjusted his large round wire rimmed glasses.
  • LONDON, February 4/PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc ( "RDS") today announced an interim dividend in respect of the fourth quarter of 2009 of US$0. 42 per A and B ordinary share, an increase of 5% over the US dollar dividend for the same quarter last year. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • He buckled them into place with a strap that dented my forehead, and gave me a wire to bite. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the research the hand was linked to the amputee's arm only by wire and actually lay on a nearby surface. Times, Sunday Times
  • My fingertips at this point were being sliced to the bone on the cheesewire strings but with usual English politeness i ploughed on now wanting fiona to hurray up. TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • It is patent that dusk found them weary and worn, plodding and wading silently "homewards," shovel on shoulder, across four or five kilos of desolate mud; falling and tripping over stagnant bodies, masses of tangled wire, bricks and jagged wood-work everywhere impeding progress. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
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