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often attributive
1
a
: metal in the form of a usually very flexible thread or slender rod
b
: a thread or rod of such material
4
wires plural
a
: a system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show
b
: hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization
5
a
: a line of wire for conducting electric current compare cord sense 3b
b
: a telephone or telegraph wire or system
especially : wire service
wired; wiring
: to send a telegraphic message
Example Sentences
Noun The flowers were bound together with thin wire. There was a wire sticking out of the chair. A telephone wire had fallen on the road during the storm. A short black wire connects the computer's monitor to its keyboard. The undercover officer wore a wire to her meeting with the drug dealer. Verb The house will be wired next week. My room is wired for cable. The microphone is wired to the speaker. You can wire the generator to a car battery. Her jaw was wired shut after the accident. She wired the money home to Canada. Can you wire me $300? When you get in to town, wire me. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2022 Before Cullen was finally apprehended at a restaurant, Loughren risked her own safety by wearing a wire and recording their conversations. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Danta then lost a spark plug wire and had to pull off. Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 The experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab tested more than a dozen of the most popular options on the market, including electric models, French press styles and ones with paper filters or wire mesh filters. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022 Install wire shelving or floating shelves on an attic wall for storage that doubles as display space. Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022 The wire did not come from Girardi’s personal bank account but from a trust account containing settlement money for clients of his law firm. Jason Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 Instead of shooting into the crowd, McClaskey decided to use C-wire, a type of barbed wire that unrolls very quickly. Liz Friden, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 Staff and wire reports SAUSALITO, Calif. – A popular humpback whale that washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend probably was killed by a collision with a ship, researchers said. USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 May 2021 Her own daughter, Ava Ritchie, attended the camp and learned tasks including how to clean out a p-trap under a sink and wire a lamp. Cathy Free, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 Mauch's ISP is one of four selected by Washtenaw County to wire up different areas. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2022 Girls at the NextGen Workshop learn how to follow schematics to wire avionics for airplanes. Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022 If a child’s brain is continually exposed to stress, that brain is going to wire with the assumption that the environment is always going to be like that, Suskind said. USA Today, 9 June 2022 In extreme cases, if there is enough to work with, embalmers may try to drill holes in the facial bones and wire the skull shut. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 June 2022 Really only one way – go War Emblem and take them gate to wire. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2022 Really only one way – go War Emblem and take them gate to wire. Jason Frakes, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022 See More
Noun
Daft’s dream ended in 1889, when Frank Sprague invented the overhead trolley wire system that is still used today to power streetcars, and earning the title of Father of the Electric Streetcar. Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2022 Before Cullen was finally apprehended at a restaurant, Loughren risked her own safety by wearing a wire and recording their conversations. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Danta then lost a spark plug wire and had to pull off. Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 The experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab tested more than a dozen of the most popular options on the market, including electric models, French press styles and ones with paper filters or wire mesh filters. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022 Install wire shelving or floating shelves on an attic wall for storage that doubles as display space. Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022 The wire did not come from Girardi’s personal bank account but from a trust account containing settlement money for clients of his law firm. Jason Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 Instead of shooting into the crowd, McClaskey decided to use C-wire, a type of barbed wire that unrolls very quickly. Liz Friden, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 Staff and wire reports SAUSALITO, Calif. – A popular humpback whale that washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend probably was killed by a collision with a ship, researchers said. USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 Verb
Bottom line: These days somebody can wire up to $100,000 from your account. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 May 2021 Her own daughter, Ava Ritchie, attended the camp and learned tasks including how to clean out a p-trap under a sink and wire a lamp. Cathy Free, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 Mauch's ISP is one of four selected by Washtenaw County to wire up different areas. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2022 Girls at the NextGen Workshop learn how to follow schematics to wire avionics for airplanes. Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022 If a child’s brain is continually exposed to stress, that brain is going to wire with the assumption that the environment is always going to be like that, Suskind said. USA Today, 9 June 2022 In extreme cases, if there is enough to work with, embalmers may try to drill holes in the facial bones and wire the skull shut. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 June 2022 Really only one way – go War Emblem and take them gate to wire. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2022 Really only one way – go War Emblem and take them gate to wire. Jason Frakes, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English wir, wyre, going back to Old English wīr, going back to Germanic *wīra-, whence Middle Low German wire "flexible metal, filigree," Old Norse vír-, in víravirki "filigree work," and (with presumed lowering of ī to ē2 before r) Old High German wiara, wiera "fine gold, ornament of gold filigree," going back to a nominal derivative with a suffix -r- from Indo-European *u̯ei̯H- "plait, wrap," whence Latin vieō, viēre "to plait, weave," Old Church Slavic poviti "to wrap up, bind," Lithuanian výti "to twist," and probably to Sanskrit vyayati "(it) covers, envelops," vīta- "covered, hidden"
Verb
Middle English *wiren (in past participle y-wyred), derivative of wyr, wire wire entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of wire was before the 12th century Phrases Containing wire
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