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  • 1wire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. (metal) thread, filament; flex, cord, line; telephone, telegraph, cable; cablegram, telegram. See communication. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A metal strand] Syn. line, electric wire, cable, aerial, circuit …

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  • 2wire — ► NOUN 1) metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread or rod. 2) a length or quantity of wire used for fencing, to carry an electric current, etc. 3) a concealed electronic listening device. 4) informal a telegram. ► VERB 1) install electric… …

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  • 3wire — waɪə(r) n. metal strand, cord, line; string; barbed wire, wire fence; telegraph cable; telegram; telegraphic system; electronic listening device, wire tapping device v. fasten with wire; attach a wire; send a telegram; install an electronic… …

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  • 4wire — wirable, adj. wirelike, adj. /wuyeur/, n., adj., v., wired, wiring. n. 1. 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… …

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  • 5wire — n. & v. n. 1 a metal drawn out into the form of a thread or thin flexible rod. b a piece of this. c (attrib.) made of wire. 2 a length or quantity of wire used for fencing or to carry an electric current etc. 3 esp. US colloq. a telegram or… …

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  • 6wire — /ˈwaɪə / (say wuyuh) noun 1. a piece of slender, flexible metal, ranging from a thickness that can be bent by the hand only with some difficulty down to a fine thread, and usually circular in section. 2. such pieces as a material. 3. a length of… …

  • 7wire — [[t]waɪər[/t]] n. adj. v. wired, wir•ing 1) mel a slender, stringlike piece or filament of metal 2) bui such pieces as a material 3) elm a length of such material used as a conductor of current in electrical, cable, telegraph, or telephone… …

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  • 8wire — noun 1》 metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread or rod.     ↘a length or quantity of wire used for fencing, to carry an electric current, etc.     ↘(usu. the wire) N. Amer. Horse Racing a wire stretched across and above the start and finish… …

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  • 9wire . — 1. n. a spy smuggled into a place. □ Ziggy thought Lefty was a wire. □ How do we know Lefty isn’t a wire? 2. tv. to install electronic eavesdropping equipment. □ Somebody wired the mayor’s office. □ …

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  • 10wire — Noun: Metal drawn and shaped in a manufacturing process into a long string having a thickness variable with the use to be made of the product. A telegram. Verb: To install wires, particularly electric wires. To send a telegram. See electric line; …

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