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