Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
We need to wire that hole in the fence.
To string on a wire.
A surname.
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 ...
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