wire
[wahyuh r] noun, adjective, verb, wired, wir•ing.
–noun
1.a slender, string like piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on itsapplication.
2.such pieces as a material.
3.a length of such material, consisting either of a singlefilament or of several filaments woven or twisted togetherand usually insulated with a dielectric material, used as aconductor of electricity.
4.a cross wire or a cross hair.
5.a barbed-wire fence.
6.a long wire or cable used in cable, telegraph, or telephonesystems.
7.Nautical . a wire rope.
