Meaning of Wire

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Wire

1. 1
   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.

2. 2
   n.

   A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.

3. 3
   v. t.

   To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.

4. 4
   v. t.

   To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.

5. 5
   v. t.

   To snare by means of a wire or wires.

6. 6
   v. t.

   To send (a message) by telegraph.

7. 7
   v. i.

   To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.

8. 8
   v. i.

   To send a telegraphic message.