wire

1. (uncountable)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

   Draht

   про́волокаpróvoloka, про́водpróvod

   про́відpróvid, дрітdrit

2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

3. (countable, uncountable)A metal conductor that carries electricity.

   That wire powers the lamp.

   Draht, Ader

   про́водpróvod

   a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

4. (countable, uncountable)A fence made of usually barbed wire.

5. (countable, uncountable)A finish line of a racetrack.

   the finishing line on a racetrack

6. (countable, informal, uncountable)A telecommunication wire or cable.

7. (broadly, countable, uncountable)An electric telegraph; a telegram.

   a message transmitted by telegraph

8. (countable, slang, uncountable)A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

   Wanze

   жучо́кžučók, прослу́шкаproslúška

9. (countable, informal, uncountable)A deadline or critical endpoint.

   This election is going to go right to the wire

10. (countable, uncountable)A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

11. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.

    to pull the wires for office

12. (countable, slang, uncountable)A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.

1. This cage is made of wire.

   Ця клітка зроблена з дроту.

   ruЭта клетка сделана из проволоки.

   deDieser Käfig ist aus Draht.

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2. Tom cut the wrong wire.

   Том перерізав не той дріт.

   ruТом перерезал не тот провод.

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3. I just made it under the wire.

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4. Where did you get that piece of wire?

   deWoher hast du das Stück Draht?

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5. The police asked Tom to wear a wire.

   deDie Polizei bat Tom, ein Abhörgerät mit sich zu führen.

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