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| 1. n. A mass of electric wires. |  |
| wire | |
| 1. n. Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. | |
| 2. n. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. | |
| 3. n. A metal conductor that carries electricity. | |
| 4. n. A fence made of usually barbed wire. | |
| 5. n. (sports) A finish line of a racetrack. | |
| 6. n. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable | |
| 7. n. (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram. | |
| 8. n. (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence. | |
| 9. n. (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint. | |
| This election is going to go right to the wire | |
| 10. n. (billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score. | |
| 11. n. (usually plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings. | |
| to pull the wires for office | |
| 12. n. (archaic, thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women. | |
| 13. n. (Scotland) A knitting needle. | |
| 14. v. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. | |
| We need to wire that hole in the fence. | |
| 15. v. To string on a wire. | |
| wire beads | |
| 16. v. To equip with wires for use with electricity. | |
| 17. v. To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something. | |
| I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen. | |
| 18. v. (informal) To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph. | |
| Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling. | |
| 19. v. To make someone tense or psyched up. | |
| I'm never going to sleep: I'm completely wired from all that coffee. | |
| 20. v. (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment. | |
| We wired the suspect's house. | |
| 21. v. To snare by means of a wire or wires. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. | |
