wire

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. Source: opted

2. n. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. Source: opted

3. v. t. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. Source: opted

4. v. t. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. Source: opted

5. v. t. To snare by means of a wire or wires. Source: opted

6. v. t. To send (a message) by telegraph. Source: opted

7. v. i. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. Source: opted

8. v. i. To send a telegraphic message. Source: opted

9. n. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc Source: wordnet

10. n. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance Source: wordnet

11. n. the finishing line on a racetrack Source: wordnet

12. n. a message transmitted by telegraph Source: wordnet

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