wire
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
Noun 4 meanings
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
“Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool”
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
“That wire powers the lamp.”
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
Verb 4 meanings
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
“We need to wire that hole in the fence.”
To string on a wire.
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
“Do you know how to wire a plug?”
To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
“I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.”
Etymology
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
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WIRE at a glance
WIRE has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (W 4 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,392 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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