Thesaurus: wire

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1. 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.
2. n. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
3. v. t. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
4. v. t. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
5. v. t. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
6. v. t. To send (a message) by telegraph.
7. v. i. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
8. v. i. To send a telegraphic message.
9. n. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
10. n. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
11. n. the finishing line on a racetrack
12. n. a message transmitted by telegraph