wire

wire
[[t]wa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]]
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wires, wiring, wired
1) N-VAR A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current.

...fine copper wire.

...gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls.

2) N-COUNT: usu supp N A wire is a cable which carries power or signals from one place to another.

I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.

...the voltage of the overhead wires.

Syn:
3) VERB If you wire something such as a building or piece of equipment, you put wires inside it so that electricity or signals can pass into or through it.

[V n] ...learning to wire and plumb the house herself...

[V n] Lamps should be safely wired...

[be V-ed for n] 95% of all American households will be wired for cable in the year 2000.

[V-ed] ...a badly wired appliance.

Wire up means the same as wire.

V P n (not pron) He was helping wire up the Channel Tunnel last season... V n P Wire the thermometers up to trigger off an alarm bell if the temperature drops... Also V n P to/into n V P n to/into n Security experts wired up dozens of expensive plants to the main alarm system at his mansion.

4) N-COUNT A wire is the same as a telegram. [mainly AM]
Syn:
5) VERB If you wire a person, you send them a telegram. [mainly AM]

[V n] He wired the chairman immediately...

[V n with back] They wired back a long list of books...

[V n to-inf] If I get another tummy ache, I will wire you to come. [Also V]

6) VERB If you wire an amount of money to a person or place, you tell a bank to send it to the person or place using a telegram message. [mainly AM]

[V n n] I'm wiring you some money...

[V n prep] They arranged to wire the money from the United States...

[V n prep] Investigators say nearly $100,000 was wired into the suspect's bank accounts. [Also V n]

7) → See also , high wire, , live wire
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