wire
noun
2.
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
4.
a message transmitted by telegraph
verb
1.
5.
Origin
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
Phrases
- American wire gauge
- barb wire
- barbed wire
- behind the wire
- Birmingham wire gauge
- bob wire
- bobbed wire
- bodge wire
- structured wiring
- wire away
- wire in
- wire into
Related words
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