Word Meaning

wire definition and meaning

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.
n. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
v. t. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
v. t. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
v. t. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
v. t. To send (a message) by telegraph.
v. i. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
v. i. To send a telegraphic message.

Crossword clues for wire

- Cable
- Concealed microphone
- Fence material
- Metallic string
- Strand of metal
- Thin flexible strand of metal