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wire
English
Etymology
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English w?r (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *w?raz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh?iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh?y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /wa??(?)/
- (US) enPR: w???r, w?r, IPA(key): /?wa??/
- Rhymes: -a??(r)
Noun
wire (countable and uncountable, plural wires)
- (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
- A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
- A metal conductor that carries electricity.
- A fence made of usually barbed wire.
- (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
- (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
- (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
- (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
- (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
- (billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
- (usually in the plural) 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
- (archaic, thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.
- (slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
- (Scotland) A knitting needle.
- The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
Synonyms
- (thin thread of metal): cable, steel wire, thread
- (metal conductor that carries electricity): conducting wire
- (fencing made of usually barbed wire): barbed wire
- (informal: telegraph): See telegraph
- (informal: message transmitted by telegraph): See telegram
- (object used to keep the score in billiards): score string
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? Gulf Arabic: ????? (w?yir)
See also
- filament
- hawser
- cable
Verb
wire (third-person singular simple present wires, present participle wiring, simple past and past participle wired)
- To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 222:
- I could see him in his plane flying low over the river or a reservoir, dropping the club out with a chunk of lead wired to the shaft.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 222:
- To string on a wire.
- To equip with wires for use with electricity.
- Do you know how to wire a plug?
- To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
- I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
- (figuratively, usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
- There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.
- To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
- (slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
- (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
- To snare by means of a wire or wires.
- (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
Synonyms
- (equip for use with electricity): electrify
- (informal: send a message or funds by telecommunications): cable, telegraph
Antonyms
- (to fasten with wire): unwire
Troponyms
- (to fasten with wire): rewire
- (equip for use with electricity): rewire
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Weir, weir, wier
Javanese
Romanization
wire
- Romanization of ????
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
wire m (definite singular wiren, indefinite plural wirer, definite plural wirene)
- Alternative spelling of vaier
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
wire m (definite singular wiren, indefinite plural wirar, definite plural wirane)
- Alternative spelling of vaier
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twire
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?twa??(?)/
Etymology 1
From Middle English twiren (“to peep out, pry about, twinkle, glance, gleam”), cognate with Middle High German zwieren (“to spy”), Bavarian zwiren, zwieren (“to spy, glance”). Perhaps related to Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”). More at twinkle.
Alternative forms
- tweer
Verb
twire (third-person singular simple present twires, present participle twiring, simple past and past participle twired)
- (intransitive) To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
- I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
- c. 1637, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd
- Which maids will twire at 'tween their fingers.
- (intransitive) To twinkle; sparkle; wink.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
Noun
twire (plural twires)
- A sly glance; a leer.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *twir, *twirn, twern, from Old English *twirn, *tweorn (“twine, thread”), from Proto-West Germanic *twi?n (“thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *duwo- (“two”). Doublet of twine.
Noun
twire (plural twires)
- A twisted filament; a thread.
- 1766, John Locke, Observations Upon The Growth And Culture Of Vines And Olives […]
- they put the cocons in hot water, and so stirring them about with a kind of rod, the ends of the silk twires of the cocons stick to it
- 1766, John Locke, Observations Upon The Growth And Culture Of Vines And Olives […]
Etymology 3
Perhaps from a dialectal form of *twere, from Middle English *tweren, from Old English þweran (“to stir”) (found in compound ?þweran (“to agitate, stir”)), from Proto-Germanic *þweran? (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *twer- (“to turn, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with Bavarian zweren (“to stir”). Compare twirk, twirl.
Verb
twire (third-person singular simple present twires, present participle twiring, simple past and past participle twired)
- (transitive) To twist; twirl.
Etymology 4
Variant of tuyere.
Noun
twire (plural twires)
- (obsolete) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.
Anagrams
- twier, write
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