wire
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencingTo fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
» This cage is made of wire.
Dieser Käfig ist aus Draht. — Wolf
Dieser Käfig ist aus Draht gemacht. — conker
Эта клетка сделана из проволоки. — al_ex_an_der
Ця клітка зроблена з дроту. — aandrusiak
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12 sensesTo fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
We need to wire that hole in the fence.
fasten with wire
To string on a wire.
wire beads
string on a wire
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
Do you know how to wire a plug?
equip for use with electricity
To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
(figuratively, passive, usually)To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.
(ambitransitive)To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.
Geld überweisen
(slang)To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.
(slang)To install eavesdropping equipment.
We wired the suspect's house.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
(transitive)To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
Examples
225 sentencesThis cage is made of wire.
Ця клітка зроблена з дроту. — aandrusiak
ruЭта клетка сделана из проволоки. — al_ex_an_der
deDieser Käfig ist aus Draht. — Wolf
Tom cut the wrong wire.
Том перерізав не той дріт. — deniko
ruТом перерезал не тот провод. — marafon
I just made it under the wire.
Where did you get that piece of wire?
deWoher hast du das Stück Draht? — raggione
The police asked Tom to wear a wire.
deDie Polizei bat Tom, ein Abhörgerät mit sich zu führen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”),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”).
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Forms
wires, wiring, wired, wiredPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle