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Synonyms for wire
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Wiktionary
wirenoun
Synonyms:
thread, steel wire, conducting wire, barbed wire, telegram, telegraph, cable, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
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score stringwirenoun
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
We need to wire that hole in the fence.
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steel wire, telegram, telegraph, conducting wire, cable, barbed wire, thread, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
To string on a wire.
wire beads
Synonyms:
steel wire, conducting wire, thread, cable, barbed wire, telegraph, telegram, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
Synonyms:
steel wire, barbed wire, telegram, cable, conducting wire, thread, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
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.
Synonyms:
telegraph, conducting wire, telegram, thread, cable, steel wire, barbed wire, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.
Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
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telegraph, thread, cable, conducting wire, steel wire, telegram, barbed wire, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
To make someone tense or psyched-up.
I'm never going to sleep – I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
Synonyms:
telegram, telegraph, thread, barbed wire, cable, conducting wire, steel wire, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
To install eavesdropping equipment.
We wired the suspect's house.
Synonyms:
steel wire, telegram, barbed wire, conducting wire, thread, cable, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
A deadline or critical endpoint.
This election is going to go right to the wire
Synonyms:
telegram, cable, telegraph, steel wire, barbed wire, conducting wire, threadwirenoun
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
Synonyms:
conducting wire, steel wire, thread, barbed wire, telegram, cable, telegraph
Princeton's WordNet
wirenoun
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
Synonyms:
telegram, conducting wireAntonyms:
unwirewire, conducting wirenoun
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
Synonyms:
telegram, conducting wireAntonyms:
unwirewirenoun
the finishing line on a racetrack
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telegram, conducting wireAntonyms:
unwiretelegram, wireverb
a message transmitted by telegraph
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telegram, conducting wireAntonyms:
unwirewireverb
provide with electrical circuits
"wire the addition to the house"
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cable, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirecable, telegraph, wireverb
send cables, wires, or telegrams
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cable, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewireverb
fasten with wire
"The columns were wired to the beams for support"
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cable, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwirewireverb
string on a wire
"wire beads"
Synonyms:
cable, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwireelectrify, wireverb
equip for use with electricity
"electrify an appliance"
Synonyms:
cable, telegraph, electrifyAntonyms:
unwire
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
wirenoun
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metallic threadwireverb
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put upon a wirewireverb
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bind with wirewireverb
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ensnare by wireswireverb
Synonyms:
[Modern.] telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#457 | thread | |
#1143 | cable | |
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#5619 | cord | |
#8050 | rope | |
#9021 | wiring | |
#9576 | wires | |
#9931 | yarn | |
#10724 | telegraph | |
#14825 | cabling | |
#15803 | cords | |
#23450 | telegram | |
#23897 | fil | |
#59255 | telegraphic | |
#141924 | electrify |
How to use wire in a sentence?
All the signs of ORB’s latest and final poll point to a referendum that will truly come down to the wire.
I had to visit my parents there. Troops had blocked the road with concertina wire. They asked me to go back as there was curfew in the area.
I think in many ways reality shows allow for a purer form of escapism than more' prestigious' scripted shows, one of the reasons shows like' The Sopranos' and' The Wire' are so acclaimed is that they actually demand quite a lot from their viewers : attention, emotional investment, critical thinking, etc. Most of the time reality shows or docuseries( particularly of the.
If necessary, we can quickly install (a fence) using the razor-wire produced here.
We could be looking at a substantial amount of money that will not only run wire by people's houses but also make sure they can afford the connection and know how to use it, the pandemic really ripped off the cover. The internet is an integral part of our civic, economic and social lives. It's the great equalizer.
Translations for wire
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- draad, draadheiningAfrikaans
- سلكArabic
- telAzerbaijani
- тимерсыбыҡBashkir
- жицаBulgarian
- fil d'aram, cable, filferroCatalan, Valencian
- drátCzech
- trådDanish
- Ader, Draht, überweisenGerman
- συρματόπλεγμα, σύρμα, κοριός, καλώδιο, στέλνω, καλωδιώνω, [[βάζω]] [[κοριός, [[στερεώνω]] [[με]] [[σύρμα]], τσιτώνω, τηλεγραφώGreek
- dratoEsperanto
- hilo, alambreSpanish
- hariBasque
- سیمPersian
- [[piikkilanka]]-[[aita]], sähköjohto, lanka, metallilanka, maalinauha, johdin, johdottaa, sitoa, pujottaa, kytkeäFinnish
- filFrench
- uèirScottish Gaelic
- arameGalician
- huzal, drótHungarian
- vírIcelandic
- traguardo, cavo, filo metallico, cimice, filo, microspia, arrivo, filo spinato, filo elettrico, legare con filo metallico, [[installare]] [[microspie]], assicurare con filo metallico, gasare, eccitare, collegare tramite cavo, stendere fili elettrici, installare impianto elettrico, infilzare, fissare con filo metallico, avere nervi a fior di pelle, telegrafareItalian
- 電線, 針金, 線Japanese
- სადენი, მავთულიGeorgian
- nimissiaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 철조망, 전선, 철사, 鐵絲, 電線Korean
- تێلKurdish
- DrotLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- stiepleLatvian
- waeaMāori
- бодликава жица, жицаMacedonian
- dawai, wayar, kawatMalay
- ader, elektriciteitsdraad, snoer, draad, aansluiten, vastbinden, electrificerenDutch
- ledningNorwegian
- телOssetian, Ossetic
- drutPolish
- escuta, arame, fioPortuguese
- fir, sârmăRomanian
- проволока, жучо́к, проводRussian
- жица, žicaSerbo-Croatian
- drôtSlovak
- žicaSlovene
- telAlbanian
- ledning, tråd, målsnöre, fästa, ståltrådSwedish
- wayaSwahili
- tel, havale etmekTurkish
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