wire
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,967 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 42,893 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
- a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance also: conducting wire
- the finishing line on a racetrack
- a message transmitted by telegraph also: telegram
verb
- provide with electrical circuits wire the addition to the house
- send cables, wires, or telegrams also: cable, telegraph
- fasten with wire The columns were wired to the beams for support
- string on a wire wire beads
wire in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear.
Biltmore Oswald · Thorne Smith · Chapter 1
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A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
Beyond the wall · Henry Leverage · Chapter 1
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I will wire ten minutes before I arrive with my sermon.
Punch — Volume 101, December 12, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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The electric head-light was supplied from the same source as the motor, viz., the trolley overhead wire.
Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 · Various · Chapter 1
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When the wire buzzed again the first words that reached my ear nearly caused me to drop the tube from my fingers.
The club of masks · Allen Upward · Chapter 1