ALL meanings of wires
wire
W w - noun wires Plural form of wire. 1
- noun wires a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application. 1
- noun wires such pieces as a material. 1
- noun wires a length of such material, consisting either of a single filament or of several filaments woven or twisted together and usually insulated with a dielectric material, used as a conductor of electricity. 1
- noun wires a cross wire or a cross hair. 1
- noun wires a barbed-wire fence. 1
- noun wires a long wire or cable used in cable, telegraph, or telephone systems. 1
- noun wires Nautical. a wire rope. 1
- noun wires Informal. a telegram. the telegraphic system: to send a message by wire. 1
- noun wires wires, a system of wires by which puppets are moved. 1
- noun wires a metallic string of a musical instrument. 1
- noun wires Underworld Slang. the member of a pickpocket team who picks the victim's pocket. Compare stall2 (def 5). 1
- noun wires Horse Racing. a wire stretched across and above the track at the finish line, under which the horses pass. 1
- noun wires Ornithology. one of the extremely long, slender, wirelike filaments or shafts of the plumage of various birds. 1
- noun wires a metal device for snaring rabbits and other small game. 1
- noun wires Papermaking. the woven wire mesh over which the wet pulp is spread in a papermaking machine. 1
- noun wires the wire, the telephone: There's someone on the wire for you. 1
- adjective wires made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires. 1
- adjective wires resembling wire; wirelike. 1
- verb with object wires to furnish with wires. 1
- verb with object wires to install an electric system of wiring in, as for lighting. 1
- verb with object wires to fasten or bind with wire: He wired the halves together. 1
- verb with object wires to put on a wire, as beads. 1
- verb with object wires to send by telegraph, as a message: Please wire the money at once. 1
- verb with object wires to send a telegraphic message to: She wired him to come at once. 1
- verb with object wires to snare by means of a wire. 1
- verb with object wires to equip with a hidden electronic device, as an eavesdropping device or an explosive. 1
- verb with object wires to connect (a receiver, area, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received. 1
- verb with object wires Informal. to be closely connected or involved with: a law firm wired into political circles. 1
- verb with object wires Informal. to prepare, equip, fix, or arrange to suit needs or goals: The sales force was wired for an all-out effort. 1
- verb with object wires Croquet. to block (a ball) by placing it behind the wire of an arch. 1
- verb without object wires to send a telegraphic message; telegraph: Don't write; wire. 1
- idioms wires down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end, as in a race or competition: The candidates campaigned down to the wire. 1
- idioms wires pull wires, Informal. to use one's position or influence to obtain a desired result: to pull wires to get someone a job. 1
- idioms wires under the wire, just within the limit or deadline; scarcely; barely: to get an application in under the wire. 1