3 entries under this word

Wire

Wire, n.

noun

n. [A-S. wír, wire, Icel. vír, id.; Dan. vire, L. Ger. wir, wire, werdrāt, M. H. Ger. wire, O. H. Ger. wiara, crown.] A thread 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.

☞ Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, &c., by giving this shape to the hole in the draw-plate.

Wire, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To pass like a wire; to flow in a form like that of a wire, or in a stream as thin as a wire. [Rare.] Fletcher.

Wire, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WIRED; p. pr. & vb. n. WIRING.]

To bind with wire; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.