Word Finder - wire

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Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

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A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

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A metal conductor that carries electricity.

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A fence made of usually barbed wire.

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A finish line of a racetrack.

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A telecommunication wire or cable

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(by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.

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A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

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A deadline or critical endpoint.

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This election is going to go right to the wire

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A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

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(usually in the 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.

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to pull the wires for office

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(thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.

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A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.

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A knitting needle.

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The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.

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To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

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We need to wire that hole in the fence.

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To string on a wire.

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wire beads

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To equip with wires for use with electricity.

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Do you know how to wire a plug?

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To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

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I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

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(usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.

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There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.

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To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.

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The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.

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To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.

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Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.

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To install eavesdropping equipment.

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We wired the suspect's house.

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To snare by means of a wire or wires.

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To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.